Fuente: Fibre Fashion NY futures continued their slide, with March dropping another 271 points to close at 69.14 cents.Over the past few years we have seen several amplified moves in the cotton market that were brought about by large swings in the net speculative and index fund positions. Leading up to the price explosion [...]

Fuente: Pakistan Observer Karachi–Firm trend was seen on the cotton market as buyers took interest in the fresh deals, dealers said. The Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) official spot rate was unmoved at Rs 4,600, dealers said. In the ready business, above 12000 bales of cotton, changed hands between Rs 44904800. Phutti prices in both [...]

Fuente: Press Release Cotton Wool/Buds in Vietnam report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data (20022007), allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key [...]

Fuente: Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) Egyptian textiles company Arab Cotton Ginning said on Wednesday it had received the regulators approval to distribute one free share for each 10 owned as a dividend.This is the dividend of last October … distribution should be sometime next week, Hany Olama, chairman of Arab Cotton Ginning, told Reuters.The [...]

Fuente: Southest Farm Press The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced the results of a Cotton Research and Promotion Program referendum that was held Oct. 13, 2009, through Nov.10, 2009, to consider amendments to the Cotton Research and Promotion Order (Order) – the referendum passed.Two amendments were proposed by AMS: Revise the definition of [...]

Fuente: Reuters KARACHI, Jan 26 (Reuters) The Karachi Cotton Associationon Tuesday fixed the official spot rate, or base price, forGrade 3 cotton at 4,930 rupees per maund (40 kg). The Grade 3 cotton has a staple length of 11/16 (inches)and micronaire value between 3.8 to 4.9 NCL (no control limits)which represents fine to [...]

Fuente: Angola Press Sumbe The mayor of Sumbe, Sebastião Daniel Neto, today visited the Gangula cotton production relaunching project planted in 5,000 hectares, in Kwanza sul province. According to the mayor, the ambitious project will provide new jobs for families of Gangula commune and contribute for their eintegration. The almost 31,5 [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.victoriaadvocate.comThe South Texas Cotton and Grain Association received a 2009 AgriLife Extension Partnership Award at Texas A&M Universitys 2010 AgriLife Conference. The conference spanned Jan. 1115.The award came because of support the group has offered the extension services educational programs in the Coastal Bend and South Texas, according to a cotton [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.bernama.comMAPUTO (Mozambique), Jan 14 (Bernama) About 5,000 tonnes of raw cotton produced in Mozambique were smuggled across the borders into neighbouring countries, particularly Zimbabwe, in 2009, Mozambican news agency (AIM) reported quoting the governments Mozambican Cotton Institute (IAM) as saying.At a meeting held in Maputo with cotton companies and other [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.loyolamaroon.comNEW MADRID, Mo. (AP) – The white puff of cotton blooms cover Missouris Bootheel at harvest, filling both tiny planter boxes outside a Super 8 motels front door and nearby thousandacre spreads. Thank goodness theyre able to do it, a radio deejay reminds listeners as farmers take their crop to the [...]

Fuente: Daily Times Spinning, yarn sectors awaiting implementation Capping yarn export has no impact on valueadded sector: PYMABy Razi SyedKARACHI: The spinning and yarn sectors are still waiting for the government´s notification on quantitative restriction on export of the produce for the time being, Pakistan Yarn Merchant Association (PYMA) said Tuesday."Yarn is available in [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://allafrica.comKampala – PICKING of geneticallymodified (GM) cotton at the National SemiArid Resources Research Institute (NaSARRI) at Serere site in Soroti District and Kasese is in progress.This will be followed by ginning of the samples which will be subjected to tests for various lint characteristics, said Pius Elobu, the NaSARRI confined field [...]

Fuente: ABC News A scientific study of the United States genetically modified cotton crop has found out of control weeds are costing farmers in lost production.The weed, known as Palmers pigweed, has developed a strong resistance to the herbicide glyphosate, which is used to control weeds.It can grow so big it damages harvesting equipment [...]

Fuente: Economic Times CHANDIGARH: Even as cotton prices in Punjab remained stable at Rs 2710 to Rs 2745 per maund (one maund37.324 kg), cotton ginners called off aten day long strike on Monday.The ginners got an assurance from Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on the matter of relaxation of taxes on the ginning industry.Since [...]

Fuente: Lubbock on Line Speculative profittaking amid indications of some heavy rebalance selling from an overseas fund sent cotton futures into an initial decline that ultimately activated a series of sell stops after prices had hit new rally highs last week.Then a surprise monetary tightening by China generated a broad retreat in commodity prices. [...]

Fuente: Daily Times ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Saturday notified the concession of duty free import of cotton yarn to ensure yarn availability for the textile chain of the country. The FBR has made it mandatory that yarn imported would not be allowed for retail sale and imports would be limited [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.marketwatch.comBy Moming ZhouNEW YORK (MarketWatch) The price increase in cotton futures leading up to and during the week of March 3, 2008 was not caused by manipulation, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said in a report released Tuesday. An investigation on the cotton futures traded on the New York Board [...]

Fuente: Financial Express US regulators found no evidence of manipulation in a March 2008 price rise that shook the cotton industry.The staff report by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, released on Tuesday, said multiple forces – from the credit crunch to exchange rules – collided to catapult prices above 1 a pound. The rise [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.moneycontrol.comThe commerce ministry is expected to announce sops for the textile industry by the first week of January 2010. Cotton in the New York market is at 21month highs on fund buying. Indian cotton prices are higher as farmers seem to be hoarding. Cotton arrivals have been weak despite a higher [...]

Fuente: Business Standard Heavy equipment maker Deere & Co. on Tuesday offered to buy certain assets and customer relationships of BHC Manufacturing, an Israeli manufacturer of repair parts for cottonpicking machines.Financial terms were not disclosed.Deere said its offer is contingent on satisfactorily completing due diligence. Deere said it expects to complete that review process [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.shreveporttimes.comTown officials want their money. They are banking on it to get them through fiscal year 2010. Without it, cuts are certain.Even with the funds, the Webster towns budget – introduced Tuesday night – will be tight. So tight that it will have to be tracked monthly.And thats going to take [...]

Fuente: Fibre Fashion Overview of the World Cotton IndustryCotton is one of the most important and widely produced agricultural and industrial crops in the world. Cotton is grown in more than 80 countries on about 2% of the worlds arable land, making it one of the most significant in terms of land use after [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.myplainview.comPleasant weather this fall has led to a fast cotton harvest, but a cool, wet September and an early frost are causing some quality issues.According to Hale County AgriLife Extension Agent Scott Adair, harvest is just about complete locally.We´ve got probably less than 1 percent of the crop left on the [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://missouriruralist.comThere will be six new cotton varieties in Monsantos Deltapine Class of 10 next year. Early reports indicate potential for an increase in onfarm profitability. More than 160 farmers across the Cotton Belt participated in the New Product Exposure program this summer, testing some 13 candidates on their farms. Monsantos Brett [...]

Fuente: Daily Record A global surge in cotton prices has hiked local yarn prices, threatening the recovery of the recessionhit knitwear sector.Local yarn prices increased 30 percent in the last two months, making it harder for knitwear makers to ship export orders at the previously fixed rates.The domestic prices of 30count yarn surged to [...]

Fuente: Press Release ST. LOUIS, Dec. 14, 2009 /PRNewswireFirstCall/ Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) announced today that the Deltapine Class of 10 will include six new cotton varieties. More than 160 farmers across the Cotton Belt participated in the New Product Exposure (NPE) program this summer, testing some of the 13 candidates on [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://qcl.farmonline.com.auIN AN innovative new approach, the Australian cotton industry has launched a website to help farmers identify nearby cotton fields that could be damaged by drift from 2,4D herbicides.To date, more than 85 per cent of the total crop, or 1700 cotton fields have been mapped at www.cottonmap.com.au in a bid [...]

Fuente: Sunday Sun Cotton processors in Botswana will be unhappy with the reduction in cottonlint production in South Africa – five percent down from estimates made by Cotton South Africa last month. Botswana purchases seed cotton from a South African gin, as do ginners in Swaziland and Namibia .Declining production impacts on the cotton [...]

Fuente: Reuters By Aniruddha Basu and Nandita BoseMUMBAI (Reuters) An unforeseen drop in global cotton output has seen prices flare, putting at risk the fragile recovery of Indias textile industry that was battered by the global recession earlier in the year.The rising demand the industry was hoping to cash on, bolstered by 25.5 [...]

Fuente: Daily Times KARACHI: APTMA is not in favor of restricting yarn exports and the condition of registration of export of cotton yarn is time consuming and would hamper export, Anwar Ahmed Tata, Chairman, All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) said.During a press conference Tuesday, he said "Registration of contracts to monitor export of [...]

Fuente: CCF Group NEW YORK (Dow Jones)The falling U.S. dollar lifted ICE Futures U.S. cotton Monday as speculative funds bought bullish positions.Mostactive March cotton settled up 87 points at 74.69 cents a pound and the nearby December contract settled 62 points higher at 70.83.Cottons recent rally has stalled out as futures have been unable [...]

Fuente: Reuters Indian traders have exported 428,076 bales of raw cotton (of 170 kg each) in the first two months of the 2009/10 marketing year, up 19 percent from same period previous year, a government official said on Wednesday.We have exported 428,076 bales of raw cotton in the first two months…China demand is the [...]

Fuente: Economic Times CHANDIGARH: Farmers sowing the indigenous variety of cotton, known as Desi Cottonare getting higher price in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan.Farmers are selling desi cotton for an average of Rs 2,800 per maund (one maund37.32 kg) compared to Rs 2,600 for BT cotton as the demand is picking from medical and quilt [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://news.alibaba.comThe 6th International cotton and cotton textile conference already scheduled on Sept.810 in Xinjiang, Chinas largest cotton growing area, was called off on a short notice of rascal needle dabbing that had caused a widespread public consternation. But the information that is focused on the leitmotif of "financial crisis and revitalization [...]

Fuente: Economic Times NEW DELHI: Global cotton prices are likely to rise by nine per cent to 67 cents per pound in the 200910 season due to shrinking global stocksand increasing consumption, the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) said today.Increase in global cotton rates will add to the woes of the domestic garment industry, [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.walb.comBaker County, GA (WALB) – It could be another week before cotton growers can get back into the fields. They say they cant seem to catch a break. Rain showers have continued to pushed back harvests and now they wonder if theyll get their crops in before Christmas.Its not what cotton [...]

Fuente: AFP GENEVA – Africa cotton producers Tuesday warned that they may file a complaint at the World Trade Organization against the United States if the issue over subsidies paid to US cotton growers is unresolved.The C4 does not exclude using judicial tools at its disposal at the WTO in case a solution is [...]

Fuente: Reuters MUMBAI, Nov 30 (Reuters) Indias cottonseed oilcake, or kapaskhali, rose on Monday tracking soaring cotton exports which is pushing domestic cotton prices higher, analysts said.Kapaskhali, a byproduct of cottonseed, is used as cattlefeed and is largely consumed in the northwestern states of India.Indian traders have contracted 1.79 million bales of raw [...]

Fuente: Economic Times The domestic textile industry took a big hit during the global financial crisis. The decline in exports and contraction in domestic demandresulted in sharply lower revenues and operating margins. Though the global economic recovery since the first quarter of the current financial year has raised hopes, the Indian textile industry is [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.indianexpress.comAt a screening of a documentary on BT Brinjal, the genetically modified vegetable soon to be launched in India, an organic farmer from Rawala Village, Warud tehsil of Amravati district, revealed how BT cotton has left tracts of farmland in the agricultural village of Amravati infertile.Poison on Platter, a film directed [...]

Fuente: Lubbock on Line Money flowing into commodities one analyst called it a commodity pandemonium powered cotton futures to new rally highs last week in holidayshortened trading.The market posted gains Wednesday from the end of the prior week of 66 points to 71.07 cents in maturing December, 118 points to 75.22 cents [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.jacksonsun.comCotton has always been the primary crop in the area, and it was the money crop through the years, said Billy King, president of the Big Black Creek Historical Association in Madison County.The first settlers came to Madison County in 1818 and 1819, but the first recorded cotton crop was harvested [...]

Fuente: Daily Times Staff ReportKARACHI: Value Added Textile Associations have sought out a ban on export of cotton and cotton yarn to save the valueadded sector from collapse.Spinning sector has been advised to import good quality cotton and do Value Addition by converting this to fine counts above 32 single for export to stop [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.thepostsearchlight.comThe White Sea stretched almost as far as I could see. Over the hills and along the edge of the woods, the white stalks stood tall, without a single leaf, with the wide open cotton boles shining in the sun.It was 45 years ago when I last picked cotton by hand. [...]

Fuente: Lubbock on Line An upcoming convention in India could put South Plains cotton farmers on a global footing while highlighting Texas Techs cotton research.The convention scheduled for December in one of Indias most industrialized regions will bring representatives from Plains Cotton Growers and a researcher from Techs Institute for Environmental and Human Health [...]

Fuente: Pakistan Observer Islamabad–Cotton production increased by about 10.06 percent during the ongoing year as against the production of last year, official sources said. However, the cotton production is estimated to be short of target of about 1.26 million bales during the current year, an official in the Ministry of Food and Agriculture told [...]

Fuente: Lubbock on Line Volatility ruled as cotton futures surged to 13month highs and then plunged below lows of the prior three weeks, basis spot December, in the years heaviest trading last week.The lead contract traded over a wide 474point span, from 70.61 cents to 65.87 cents, and finished with a 99point loss to [...]

Fuente: Reuters By Verna GatesBIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov 11 (Reuters) Rain dumped by Tropical Storm Ida on Alabamas fields has further delayed harvesting of cotton, soybean and peanut crops, threatening producers yields and profits in the southern U.S. state, farmers said on Wednesday.Ida, which at its peak had been a lateseason Category 2 hurricane, [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://english.cri.cnIndias textile industry has called for a cotton export holdup due to the steep hike in cotton prices in the country, saying the textile products, at the current cotton prices, are not competitive in the global markets.In spite of a significant increase in arrival of cotton in the market during the [...]

Fuente: Daily Times KARACHI: Cotton spot rates of Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) jumped by Rs 150 to Rs 3,875 per maund on rising buying activity from mills and exporters, brokers said. Chairman, Cotton Broker Forum, Naseem Usman said here Saturday that cotton had touched the peak at Rs 4000 per maund on Thursday on [...]

Fuente: Lubbock on Line A fresh inflow of speculative capital to start the month coincided with fund buying sparked by an influential analyst to lift cotton futures to an isolated test of the midOctober highs.But prices quickly reverted to mostly sideways movement amid ongoing switching and rolling ahead of December options expiration next Friday [...]

Fuente: Economic Times NEW DELHI: The textile industry has expressed concern over the steep hike in cotton prices in the country and called for suspension of exports toensure availability and check prices. The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) has complained that ‘speculation´ by a few large international cotton traders was leading to a [...]

Fuente: CCF Group CCF price11/04 CCF RMB price for type 329: 14115yuan/mt, 10yuan/mt11/04 CCF USD price for type 329:101.87cent/lb11/03 Cotlook A: 69.40cent/lb, 0.00cent/lbChina cottonSeed cotton:Due to short supply and firm price, many cotton enterprises paused to purchase and the sales were obviously slack. In Wuhan and Xiangfan, the prevailing price of seed cotton was [...]

Fuente: Southest Farm Press Roundup Flex Pima cotton has been released by Monsanto for planting in 2010 in California.It is a release long awaited by California cotton producers. It is expected to give a boost to the 2010 San Joaquin Valley cotton acreage where 70 percent of the crop each year is Pima. The [...]

Fuente: Southest Farm Press U.S. cotton acreage may have taken a hit recently due to improved economics for corn and soybeans, but cotton breeders and technology companies have stepped up efforts to narrow the gap through advancements in yield, quality and resistance to pests.The list of new cotton varieties below is not complete, as [...]

Fuente: Bloomberg By Lucia KassaiNov. 3 (Bloomberg) Brazilian cotton growers will scale back planting for a third year as a weaker dollar erodes export profits, said Celeres, a Brazilian agribusiness consulting company.Farmers will sow 820,000 hectares (2 million acres) in the planting season that starts this month, down from 857,000 hectares a year [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.dawn.comKARACHI: A record flow of phutti from fields into ginneries gives rise to hopes of harvesting a bumper cotton crop but it would be too early to reach any conclusion, cotton analysts said.The official figures of phutti (seed cotton) issued on Tuesday made startling disclosure where overall arrivals stood higher by [...]

Fuente: Lubbock on Line LUBBOCK, Texas For more than a century, small green beetles ate through U.S. cotton crops, costing growers 20 billion and making the boll weevil the most expensive agricultural pest in the nations history.But finally, good has prevailed over the weevil.U.S. agricultural officials declared victory this year in a decadeslong [...]

Fuente: Daily Times LAHORE: The prices of yarn has increased by only 15 percent owing to increase in cotton prices, said All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Chairman, Gohar Ejaz while addressing a press conference here on Saturday. He said yarn prices increased because the rates of cotton have increased by 15 percent in [...]

Fuente: Times NAGPUR: The Maharashtra State Cotton Growers Cooperative Federation will finally launch its cotton procurement season on November 5. Theseason will be inaugurated at a simple ceremony at Bapurao Deshmukh Sut Girni at Wardha, federation chairman N P Hirani told TOI on Saturday.While the area under cotton crop has expanded by a couple [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.newschannel10.comAmarillo,TXThe local economy could soon get a boost as cotton farmers hope to begin the harvest later this week. One local farmer is saying that hes optimistic about a higher cotton yield then last year, and thats despite the late start to the harvest.There hasnt been any cotton put through the [...]

Fuente: Bloomberg By Farhan SharifOct. 28 (Bloomberg) Pakistan, the world´s fourth largest producer of cotton, may import as many as two million bales of the fiber this year as a global economic revival improves demand for the nation´s textile products.Pakistan´s overseas shipments of textiles may rise to as much as 13 billion in [...]

Fuente: Southest Farm Press Last year was a horrific year for tobacco budworms. They lasted for the better part of the month of July, and we lost a lot of fruit during that period.With an increased interest in conventional cotton production in central and east Alabama, entomologists are looking at strategies to accommodate the [...]

Fuente: Daily Times KARACHI: The export of cotton is likely to increase by 30 percent to 1 million bales this crop season (200910) as against the previous season´s (200809) exports of 700,000 bales due to better staple and competitive prices in the international market, exporters said on Saturday."Both local and foreign multinational companies dealing [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.thenews.com.pkBy By Farhan ZaheerKARACHI: Cotton prices eased to Rs3,750Rs3,775 per maund in the local market on Saturday, which were Rs50Rs75 lower compared to the season´s high of Rs3,825 hit a day earlier.Karachi Cotton Brokers Forum Chairman Naseem Usman told The News the cotton prices fell on Saturday after a statement by [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http:www.dawn.comKARACHI: The current bullrun was halted on the cotton market on Monday as higher arrivals of phutti into the ginneries triggered panic selling by the ginners.Although official spot rates were lowered by only Rs25 per maund, in physical trading decline ranged between Rs75 to 100 and analysts predict further pruning in [...]

Fuente: Southest Farm Press While heavycanopied cotton tends to hold moisture, rendering the bolls more susceptible to rot, bolls on short plants are exposed to more air movement and tend to dry out more quickly following rain.Weve all heard the saying, Too much of a good thing can beWell you know.And until only a [...]

Fuente: Business Daily Rajkotbased Balkrishna Ginning and Pressing Factory has started Gujarats first ever cotton delinting plant. Lint is mainly used for currency paper and China is the biggest buyer of lint from the state. Also Read Related Stories News Now Also Read Related Stories News Now Sensex [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http:news.alibaba.comSeed cotton: Purchasing price for seed cotton maintained firm, but the cotton enterprises slowed down purchases in face of the quick hikes. In Hubei, the purchasing price for seed cotton has reached 6.606.70yuankg in face of the short availabilities.Ginned cotton: One international cotton trader adjusted up purchasing price for cotton further. [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http:abc.azBaku, Finekoabc.az. Azerbaijan restores positions of a producer and an exporter of cotton more actively.The Azerbaijan State Customs Committee (SCC) informed that by 1st October, 2009, the country exported 14,424 tons of cotton in the amount of 14.135 million. It makes up 139.3% from indices of export of the production over [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http:abc.azBaku, Finekoabc.az. Azerbaijan restores positions of a producer and an exporter of cotton more actively.The Azerbaijan State Customs Committee (SCC) informed that by 1st October, 2009, the country exported 14,424 tons of cotton in the amount of 14.135 million. It makes up 139.3% from indices of export of the production over [...]

Fuente: Business Daily Rajkotbased Balkrishna Ginning and Pressing Factory has started Gujarats first ever cotton delinting plant. Lint is mainly used for currency paper and China is the biggest buyer of lint from the state. Also Read Related Stories News Now Also Read Related Stories News Now Sensex [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http:news.alibaba.comSeed cotton: Purchasing price for seed cotton maintained firm, but the cotton enterprises slowed down purchases in face of the quick hikes. In Hubei, the purchasing price for seed cotton has reached 6.606.70yuankg in face of the short availabilities.Ginned cotton: One international cotton trader adjusted up purchasing price for cotton further. [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http:www.waterworld.comBy Vic Kolenc, El Paso Times, TexasOct. 18EL PASO Hail has put a dent in Ramon Tirres Jr.s livelihood.The (cotton) crop was looking really good. In two minutes, everything changed when a September hailstorm destroyed 120 acres and damaged another 600 acres of Tirres cotton crop in the Lower Valley, [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http:forexhound.com(RTTNews) Cotton prices jumped higher on Tuesday in U.S. trading as Department of Agriculture showed the current harvest is sharply less than last years pace.Decemberstamped cotton rose 1.2 cents to moved at 65.88 per pound. Prices reached as high as 65.95 cents earlier in the session.USDA data showed 12 of [...]

Fuente: Bloomberg By Luzi Ann JavierOct. 14 (Bloomberg) Rice and cotton prices are likely to soar in the coming decade as prices of agricultural commodities boom because of declining inventories and production disruptions, said investor Jim Rogers, chairman of Rogers Holdings."If we start having problems, weather problems, production problems, the price of rice [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http:www.dawn.comISLAMABAD: Pakistan will officially launch genetically modified (BT) cotton cultivation from kharif season next year to achieve the target of 20 million bales by the year 2015.Minister for Food and Agriculture Nazar Muhammad Gondal talking to Dawn on Tuesday said the country will officially announce the plantation of BT cotton from [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http:abclocal.go.comFresno, CA (KFSN) For years many farmers have been hindered by a lack of rain. This storm poses problems of a different kind for the Valleys biggest industry.Cotton just about ready to harvest got a good soaking in parts of the Valley. In some fields west of Fresno the storm [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.kten.com
FREDERICK, Okla. (AP) – The southwestern Oklahoma cotton crop has started to come in, and growers are expecting an average year.
David Lingle, manager of the Tillman Producers Cooperative cotton gin, says cotton farmers could be harvesting a bumper crop. But a dry spell during the summer hurt, as did cool temperatures [...]

Fuente: Rocky Mountains News Generally speaking, the weather cooperated this growing season to produce an overall quality cotton crop in the Twin Counties.
But many farmers chose to plant soybeans instead to reduce their risk and make more profit, officials said.
This year, there were 6,100 acres of cotton were planted, which is down 22 percent [...]

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US import prices rose for a third successive year in 2008, following several
years of decline. The rise in 2008 was led by China. By contrast, there were
falls in the average [...]

Fuente: Business Standard Cotton exports may rebound to 1.4 million tonnes (MT) in the 2009-10 season as a recovery in the global market is expected to boost demand for the fibre, the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) has said. "Exports from India could rebound to 1.4 MT," ICAC said in a statement.
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Fuente: Fibre Fashion Dr Selvam Daniel, Managing Director, ECOCERT India, which is an affiliate of a French global certification company of the same name, recently said that, Indian textile companies would corner a sizeable share in the global organic textile industry with India emerging as the top organic cotton-producing country.
In 2007-08, global organic cotton [...]

Fuente: Reuters MUMBAI, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Indias average per-day cotton arrival is seen down at about 35,000 bales compared to a year ago following late sowing and delay in harvest in Maharashtra, a key producer, a senior government official said on Thursday.
“Arrivals have started in Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh…The total arrival [...]

Fuente: Reuters KARACHI, Oct 7 (Reuters) – The Karachi Cotton Association
on Wednesday fixed the official spot rate, or base price, for
Grade 3 cotton at 3,751 rupees per maund (40 kg).
The Grade 3 cotton has a staple length of 1-1/16″ (inches)
and micronaire value between 3.8 to 4.9 NCL (no control limits)
which represents fine to [...]

Fuente: Reuters By Sourav Mishra & Abhishek Shanker
MUMBAI, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Indias cotton exports may rise “significantly” in the year to September 2010, spurred by higher availability and global demand recovery, mainly in China, the major buyer, a senior government official said on Wednesday.
“Cotton exports should be significantly higher in 2009/10 as we [...]

Fuente: Reuters KARACHI, Oct 6 (Reuters) – The Karachi Cotton Association
on Tuesday fixed the official spot rate, or base price, for
Grade 3 cotton at 3,778 rupees per maund (40 kg).
The Grade 3 cotton has a staple length of 1-1/16″ (inches)
and micronaire value between 3.8 to 4.9 NCL (no control limits)
which represents fine to [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.kait8.com
By Keith Boles – bio | email feedbackMONETTE, AR (KAIT) – A summer and fall full of rain equals bad news for cotton farmers.
For most of Region 8, cotton picking machinery is sitting idle as are most of the cotton gins.
They would like to say they are running full blast but [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.shreveporttimes.com
However, recent rains have hurt that prospect, and if inclement weather continues this week, it could have dramatic effects on this years cotton yield.
“We were kind of poised for one of the best cotton crops in seven or eight years,” said John LeVasseur, the LSU AgCenter county agent for Caddo Parish. [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.moneycontrol.com
World cotton market fundamentals are turning in Indias favour. Given bright crop scenario, Indias cotton export prospects too are beginning to brighten. Growers are likely to benefit from the evolving market conditions.
Consider this. For 2009-10, world consumption is projected at 23.6 million tonnes (23.1 mt previous year) while production is estimated [...]

Fuente: AFP INSHAS, Egypt – Ahmed Mansur, like many farmers, has long thrived on Egypts famed “white gold” cotton; but with prices uncertain and production costs soaring he is more and more inclined to go “green.”
“Fruit and vegetables make money,” said Mansur, who owns about a hectare (2.5 acres) of land in Inshas, a [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.emergingtextiles.com
Cotton prices further fell in the last week in New York, back to their averaged level of the past five months. Pessimism is dominating the global cotton market and prices could break a key support level in the very short term. On the other hand, demand could rise on the international [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://steelguru.com
Cotton & Western Mining Inc announced that it has completed gradation parameters to meet buyers production specifications and accommodate available cargo shipping limitations at the Pacific Ocean Port of Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.
The selected crushing and screening capabilities of various mobile tracked processing units was evaluated with recommendations from the manufacturer [...]

Fuente: Business Standard India´s cotton exports are likely to rebound to 1.4 million tonnes in 2009-10 (October-September) at the cost of exports from the US, which are forecast to fall 20 per cent to 2.3 million tonne on year, according to International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC).
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Fuente: Reuters Infestations seen decimating crop from 13.3 mln bale target
* Some estimates are even less than 12 mln bales -official
* Shortfall could boost imports
By Augustine Anthony
ISLAMABAD, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Pest and virus attacks will cut Pakistans cotton output by 10 percent this year to about 12 million bales from a target of [...]

Fuente: Economic Times CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has urged the Union Minister for Textiles Dayanidhi Maran to announce the Minimum
Support Price (MSP) of Cotton and direct the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) to start support price operations in all its proposed purchase centers immediately to enable the farmers to get [...]

Fuente: Lubbock on Line Its too early to tell whether the Sept. 22 cold snap hurt cotton crops working toward maturity on the High Plains, but warm weather ahead is the ideal finish for farmers on the brink of harvest, experts agree.
Temperatures in Lubbock remained well above freezing even though they hit a record [...]

Fuente: Economic Times PUNE: The cotton procurement by government agencies like the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) and the National Agricultural Co-operative
Marketing Federation (Nafed) in the current season, is likely to remain at last years level of 55 lakh bales.
However, though cotton arrivals to private traders have started in the Khandesh region of Jalgaon [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.ptinews.com
Coimbatore, Sept 28 (PTI) Cotton trade channels in India, comprising farmer, ginner, trader, boker and the mill, are facing total disintegration due to some recent developments according to C Soundara Raj, president of the South India Cotton Association (SICA).
First and foremost was entry of multinationals into the domestic cotton trade, which [...]

Fuente: CCF Group NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–ICE Futures U.S. cotton a resumed a technical uptrend Monday with fundamental and equities support.
Most-active December cotton settled up 96 points at 62.90 cents a pound, and the nearby October contract settled 90 points higher at 61.50.
In early dealings, cotton shrugged off weakness from Fridays price drop as [...]

Fuente: The Independent Raw cotton prices are set to soar by 20 per cent, according to industry experts, hurting margins at the world´s leading clothing retailers.
Cotton has been badly hit by the commodities collapse, at times dipping below 50 cents a pound since a high of 95 cents in February 2008. The fall has [...]

Fuente: The Independent Waist deep in newly budding cotton plants, David Burns is on the hunt for stink bugs. These little insects have replaced the all but eradicated boll weevils as the pests that give the American cotton farmer nightmares.
The bug, which gets its name from the stench produced when its crushed, pierces the [...]

Fuente: Lubbock on Line After snapping the longest daily winning streak in 36 years, cotton futures quickly regained upside momentum last week.
Spot December gained a moderate 63 points to 64.81 cents for the week ended Thursday, flashing a positive technical signal by settling – in the face of significant overbought readings – just above [...]

Fuente: Daily Times KARACHI: Fine lint remained in focus with firm spot rate and strong physical prices at the Karachi Cotton Association (KCA), traders said Saturday. Most of the buyers purchased lint of all qualities while private sector commercial exporters bought fine lint on back of export orders on weekly basis. A member of [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.cfbf.com
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Punished by competition, high costs, the worldwide economic crisis and severe water shortages in key growing regions, California cotton acreage has dropped to its lowest level in generations. And, as cotton acreage has contracted, so has the associated business of cotton [...]

Fuente: CCF Group NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Buying from speculative funds on bullish outside market conditions boosted ICE Futures U.S. cotton Tuesday though commercial selling capped gains.
Most-active December cotton settled up 153 points at 64.13 cents a pound, off of the 64.44 high, and the nearby October contract settled 120 points higher at 62.39.
Cotton futures [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://allafrica.com
Following the devastation of most coffee plants by the coffee wilt disease and the slump in the price of vanilla, farmers in Kayunga District have resorted to cotton growing to make a living.
Cotton, which was once one of the major cash crops for the people in the district, had been abandoned [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com
Competition, high costs, the worldwide economic crisis and severe water shortages in key growing regions add up to a sharp drop in California cotton acreage, now the lowest in generations.
And, as cotton acreage has contracted, so has the associated business of cotton ginning.
Nearly two-thirds of the cotton gins that operated in [...]

Fuente: Daily Times By Razi Syed
KARACHI: The cotton sector faced worst institutional agriculture credit crunch due to non-professional approach of creditor agencies and planners in agriculture ministry, Pakistan Yarn Merchants Association (PYMA) said Wednesday.
"Besides others the cotton crop scrap percentage stands around 20 percent every crop season (2003-2010) due to wrong estimation and improper [...]

Fuente: Times Record News RAJKOT: After dissolving the board led by Congress MP Vithal Radadiya, following financial irregularities detected in the report of Rajkot
District Co-operative Cotton Marketing Union Ltd (Raj Cotton), the co-operatives registrar has deputed an administrator to undertake scanning of transaction records.
Radadiya has decided to challenge the appointment of administrator in the [...]

Fuente: CCF Group NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–ICE Futures U.S. cotton got a late boost from fund buying on equities gains Wednesday amid continued concerns about the U.S. cotton crop following recent rains.
Most-active December cotton settled up 55 points at 64.68 cents a pound, off session highs of 64.83. The nearby October contract settled up [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.stuttgartdailyleader.com
Stuttgart, Ark. -
Britney Cotton´s smile is the kind that makes people feel good about themselves.
Her positive attitude and outgoing personality are two reasons Cotton is one of the most popular among her peers in Arkansas County. And Cotton´s natural beauty quitely attracts attention every where she goes.
In addition to her classes [...]

Fuente: Delta Farm Press The Cotton Board approved Cotton Incorporated´s proposed 2010 plans and budget of $67 million during its recent annual meeting.
Those proposed plans and budget will now be forwarded to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for final approval.
The Cotton Board´s annual meeting was supported by John Deere, Monsanto and Syngenta.
During [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.emergingtextiles.com
Cotton prices sharply rose in New York last week, reflecting a new period of euphoria on speculative markets. Physical demand however remains weak on the international market as first arrivals from the new crop are now reaching buyers in China, India and Pakistan. Global production is expected declining this year, nevertheless, [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.correiobraziliense.com.br
A Câmara de Comércio Exterior (Camex) apresentará, em dois meses, a retaliação que o país aplicará contra os Estados Unidos por causa de subsídios ao setor de algodão, disse hoje (21) o presidente da Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Algodão (Abrapa), Haroldo Cunha. Ele se reuniu com a secretária executiva da [...]

Fuente: Business Line NEW DELHI: Indias cotton stocks from the 2008-09 season ending this month may shoot up by 62 per cent despite a poor crop, but prices are unlikely to come down significantly as demand shows signs of a revival.
“The carry-over stocks of cotton in the country from this season are estimated to [...]

Fuente: Reuters Cotton Western Mining, Inc. – Pre-Mining Plans Completed at Baja Iron Mining
Project
HOUSTON, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Cotton Western Mining, Inc.
(PINKSHEETS: CWRN) Announced today that the Company has completed its mining
plan and selected the number of hectares to be included in the land-usage
application that is an intricate part of [...]

Fuente: CCF Group NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Speculative fund buying on building technical strength boosted ICE Futures U.S. cotton to five-week highs Friday as continued rains in U.S. cotton regions threaten supply.
Most-active December cotton settled up 42 points at 64.60 cents a pound for the session, a gain of 3.36 cents for the week. The [...]

Fuente: Business Standard The government has refused to reimburse agri-cooperative Nafed any loss it might suffer for offloading 3.10 lakh bales of damaged cotton worth Rs 150 crore in the open market, according to sources.
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Fuente: Southest Farm Press To enhance sales of U.S. manufactured cotton yarn and fabric, the U.S. cotton industry is bringing yarn and fabric buyers from 10 Western Hemisphere countries to meet with U.S. cotton textile mills.
This will encourage business relationships to help U.S. textile mills take advantage of the various free trade agreements within [...]

Fuente: Lubbock on Line Encouraging economic data underpinned hopes for a boost in consumer demand and helped cotton futures extend a string of higher closes last week to 11 in a row, longest since 1973.
Showing flashes of moving independently of outside markets, cotton for the week ended Thursday gained 367 points to 62.66 cents [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://deltafarmpress.com
The rest of the world will need every bale of U.S. cotton that is available. India may take the early lead in the export trade, but there will be 32 million bales exported, according to USDA, and less than 20 percent of that will come from India."
As the 2009 growing season [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.ptinews.com
Shimla, Sept 17 (PTI) Bishop Cotton School, the alma mater of Union minister Virbhadra Singh, novelist Ruskin Bond, Tata group chairman Ratan Tata and golfer Jeev Milkha Singh, will celebrate 150 years of its foundation next month.
A special train, built by the British in 1903, will ply between Kalka and Shimla [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://allafrica.com
Harare – Gokwe South small-scale cotton growers have formed an association to address problems facing them in the area.
The Gokwe Small-Scale Cotton Growers Association, made up of farmers from three wards — Jiri, Sai and Sengwa — formed the association with assistance from the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development.
Speaking at [...]

Fuente: Estadao Empresa levará soluções integradas para a cultura e apresentará aos produtores o novo inseticida para o controle do pulgão do algodoeiro.
A sustentabilidade da cotonicultura brasileira e expansão dos mercados será o tema do 7° Congresso Brasileiro do Algodão, que acontecerá de 15 a 18 de setembro em Foz do Iguaçu (PR). O [...]

Fuente: Tosabendo Demanda chinesa. A expectativa de maior demanda por parte da China deu impulso aos preços futuros do algodão, na sexta-feira. As cotações da pluma atingiram o maior patamar das últimas quatro semanas. Na bolsa de Nova York, os contratos para dezembro encerraram o dia a 61,24 centavos de dólar por libra-peso, com [...]

Fuente: Agrodigital Científicos del Servicio de Investigación Agraria de EEUU (ARS) están desarrollando un sistema que ahorra agua, en el que usando imágenes aéreas y sensores en campos cultivados, se determinan las necesidades de riego determinadas que tienen pequeñas secciones de los campos.
Cuantificar las diferentes necesidades de agua en áreas específicas en una finca [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://espanol.cri.cn
El Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología de Brasil anunció el lunes su intención de financiar un proyecto destinado al desarrollo de una variedad transgénica de algodón que sea resistente al picudo del algodonero, una de las mayores plagas que amenaza a esta cultura.
El científico o grupo de científicos a ser beneficado [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.walf.sn
Les producteurs de Vélingara vivent dans le désarroi. Après quelques jours de pluie, de nombreux champs ont été envahis par les eaux de ruissellement. Conséquence : les feuilles des différentes plantes commencent à jaunir. Cela veut dire que si les pluies continuent à ce rythme, les producteurs ne récolteront rien dans [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.afrik.com
Les exportations de la filière textile et habillement de Tunisie ont augmenté en juillet 2009 de 5,1 por ciento par rapport à juillet 2008, écrit Econostrum.info. 14 478 tonnes de tissus et de vêtements ont été exportées pour un montant de 242 M€. cette reprise s´expliquerait en partie par l´aide accordé [...]

Fuente: Nuevo Diario Web Cada año, productores dejan mucho dinero en la ciudad de La Banda.
Una de las actividades económicas que más influencia tiene en la ciudad de La Banda es la siembra y cosecha del algodón.
En los días previos a un nuevo aniversario de la ciudad, Nuevo Diario dialogó con Gabriel González, presidente [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.geo.tv
KARACHI: Cotton production in upcoming crops is likely to fall short by 7 percent from the target, while sugar output by 17 percent.
According to federal ministry for production and agriculture, the government is expecting countrywide cotton production from the next crop at 15 million bales, but in view of different virus, [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.dawn.com
SAHIWAL: The cotton leaf curl virus has damaged 27,000 acres of cultivated cotton but the agriculture authorities are still optimistic that it will not affect the overall production target in the district.
The crop has been cultivated over 221,000 acres in Sahiwal for 2009 – 31,000 acres more than the previous year´s [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://news.alibaba.com
Old crops: Cotton price maintained firm at the end of Jul but started to decline later after Gov started to release additional 600,000 tons of state reserves. ZCE cotton futures also dropped constantly.
New crops: The new crops started to arrive in mid and late Aug. Purchasing prices for seed cotton were [...]

Fuente: Norte Al llegar a Avia Terai, localidad ubicada en el centro del Chaco, la presidenta de la Nación, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, la primera impresión que se puede llevar es la lucha de un pueblo –como sucede en el 75% de esta provincia– contra la falta de agua. Agua para consumo humano. No [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.urgente24.com
CIUDAD DE BUENOS AIRES (Urgente24). En 1844, Henry Lehman, el hijo de un comerciante de ganado, emigró a USA desde Baviera, Alemania y se instaló en Montgomery, Alabama, y abrió un almacén de ramos generales.
En 1847, tras la llegada de Emanuel Lehman, la empresa se convirtió en H. Lehman and Son, [...]

Fuente: Milenio La mayor parte de los campesinos de la Comarca Lagunera vende el algodón a un hermano del Alcalde de Torreón, pero esta persona dice que el Gobierno y los textileros de Puebla, exigen que la clasificación del algodón se haga a través del aparato HVI y que de otra manera no van [...]

Fuente: AM 990 La Escuela N° 304 de Loma Senes fue el lugar de encuentro de productores algodoneros con Técnicos de diferentes sectores de acción rural con el objetivo de discutir la presente campaña algodonera y la problemática de la falta de zafreros(cosecheros) en la zona, ante esta situación un grupo de productores paiperos [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.pseudo-sciences.org
L´Inde est un pays en pointe au niveau mondial dans l´utilisation des plantes génétiquement modifiées. Les détracteurs de l´utilisation des OGM dans l´agriculture mettent parfois en avant une recrudescence de suicides d´agriculteurs en Inde imputable, selon eux, au déploiement du coton OGM dans ce pays. Certains parlent même de « génocide [...]

Fuente: Norte SAENZ PEÑA (Agencia) – La Argentina planteó. con firmeza en Ciudad del Cabo (Sudáfrica) ante la comunidad internacional, la necesidad de que las grandes potencias terminen con los subsidios algodoneros, cuestión que coloca a los países en vía de desarrollo en inferioridad de condiciones no sólo en la producción global, sino también [...]

Fuente: Lubbock on Line Scant selling against technically oriented buying facilitated a 50 percent retracement of the August break amid evidence of underlying demand in cotton futures last week.
Volumes remained light for the holiday-shortened trading week. Traders tweaked positions ahead of USDAs monthly supply-demand reports, scheduled for release last Friday.
The market for the week [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.diariodecuiaba.com.br
Para o agronegócio mato-grossense, o saldo da crise é altamente negativo. Os preços das commodities agrícolas despencaram e os bancos fecharam a torneira do crédito para o plantio da safra. A cultura que mais sofreu foi o algodão, que dependia de recursos para custeio no final do ano passado. De positivo [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.graphicartsonline.com
High Cotton Direct Marketing, Birmingham, AL, won an outsourcing deal with Wichita Water Utilities to print and mail water bills and notices. The move is expected to save the city-run utility $240,000 annually.
Newly designed monthly water bills, set to begin mailing this month, will contain more historical information and [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.earthtimes.org
DALLAS, TX — 09/09/09 — Cotton Creek Capital has completed the acquisition of Dallas-based Waste Partners of Texas. Waste Partners is a leading provider of solid waste collection, sweeping, portable sanitation and related services in the Southwestern U.S. With operations in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Las Vegas and Phoenix markets, Waste [...]

Fuente: So Noticias Apesar da crise de crédito enfrentada pelos cotonicultores na safra 2008/2009, os números conquistados com a comercialização da pluma de algodão são satisfatórias em Mato Grosso. De janeiro a julho deste ano, o Estado exportou 123,3 mil toneladas do produto, incremento de 6,9% se comparado ao volume contabilizado no mesmo período [...]

Fuente: El Meridiano Colombia, representada por la presidenta de Conalgodón, Luz Amparo Fonseca Prada expuso ante la 68ava plenaria mundial del algodón que se realiza en Ciudad del Cabo en Suráfrica lo acontecido con las semillas transgénicas de Monsanto en la última cosecha algodonera, donde la falta de la transferencia de tecnología responsable afectó [...]

Fuente: Norte El ministro de Gobierno, Juan Manuel Pedrini, valoró el acuerdo al que llegaron el Ejecutivo provincial y las comunidades aborígenes que permitió poner fin a 35 días de protesta en la plaza 25 de Mayo, y explicó que esta vez se acordó también avanzar en una tarea conjunta de monitoreo, entre ambas [...]

Fuente: Sin Mordaza En el último día del paro agropecuario dispuesto por las entidades que los nuclea a nivel nacional, en protesta a la política para el sector que aplica el Gobierno Nacional y a los vetos de leyes que los beneficiaba ante la emergencia climática, productores de todo el norte santafesino protagonizaron una [...]

Fuente: Corrientes Hoy La identificación de los picudos del algodón capturados en trampas podría ser más fácil en el futuro, gracias a una nueva técnica desarrollada por científicos del Servicio de Investigación Agrícola (ARS) y sus colaboradores. La técnica utiliza las huellas digitales genéticas de las plagas para identificarlas.
Los picudos del algodón escarabajos de [...]

Fuente: El Comercial Ayer en horas de la mañana en la Escuela N° 304 de Loma Senes se reunieron productores algodoneros, con Técnicos de diferentes sectores de acción rural, el tema fue la presente campaña algodonera, y la problemática de la falta de zafreros (cosecheros) en la zona, ante esta situación un grupo de [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.ars.usda.gov
La identificación de los picudos del algodón capturados en trampas podría ser más fácil en el futuro, gracias a una nueva técnica desarrollada por científicos del Servicio de Investigación Agrícola (ARS) y sus colaboradores. La técnica utiliza las huellas digitales genéticas de las plagas para identificarlas.
Los picudos del algodón–escarabajos de solamente [...]

Fuente: Agrodigital El algodón se cultiva desde hace más de 7.000 años para la producción de fibra, abasteciendo el 40% de la demanda mundial de este material. Sin embargo, el inconveniente del algodón es que no se puede comer a pesar de que sus semillas tienen un alto contenido en proteínas. El problema es [...]

Fuente: Agrodigital Una nueva técnica basada en las huellas digitales genéticas de las plagas puede ayudar a la identificación de los picudos del algodón capturados en trampas. Esta nueva técnica ha sido desarrollada por los científicos del Servicio de Investigación Agraria de EEUU (ARS). El picudo del algodón apareció por primera vez en EEUU [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.countryworldnews.com
Sept. 10, 2009 – With cooler weather approaching, so is the cotton harvest in Northeast Texas. As with the wheat and corn harvest, the location and the amount of precipitation will be a key factor in yields this year.
[Much of the cotton in Northeast Texas is in great shape, according to [...]

Fuente: Lubbock on Line The South Plains irrigated cotton crop is showing promise after much of the states acreage was wiped out by devastating drought.
Despite losing much of the non-irrigated cotton during the dry months of the early summer, the right amount of heat combined with continued moisture has put irrigated fields ahead of [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.texarkanagazette.com
POCAHONTAS, Ark.–The Randolph County Fair included a look back at a unique program from 1940 that gave more than 1 million Americans a comfortable place to sleep and helped cotton farmers get a fair price for a surplus crop.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture provided cotton, ticking and needles to families earning [...]

Fuente: Tosabendo Agência Goiana de Comunicação
A Agrodefesa prorrogou até o próximo dia 15 o prazo da colheita do algodão em GO, com mais 15 dias de tolerância para que o agricultor faça a destruição da soqueira da lavoura, que é a sobre do que fica após a colheita. A medida tem caráter fitossanitário e [...]

Fuente: Tosabendo Teto em três semanas. A deterioração do dólar em relação a outras moedas fortaleceu um movimento de compras especulativas e as cotações do algodão alcançaram o maior patamar em três semanas ontem na bolsa de Nova York. Os contratos com vencimento em outubro encerraram a sessão negociados a 58,78 centavos de dólar [...]

Fuente: Goias Agora Foi prorrogado até o próximo dia 15 o prazo da colheita do algodão com mais 15 dias para a destruição da soqueira da lavoura, que é a sobra que fica após a colheita. A medida é da Agrodefesa, devido ao ciclo da atual safra que foi influenciado pelas mudanças climáticas. [...]

Fuente: Estadao GENEBRA E WASHINGTON – Diante de um cenário de tensão crescente nas relações comerciais entre Brasil e Estados Unidos, o presidente americano Barack Obama envia na próxima semana seu representante comercial, Ron Kirk, para sua primeira visita ao Brasil. Na agenda, a retaliação do Brasil contra os Estados Unidos por conta dos [...]

Fuente: Canal Rural Para a Federação das Indústrias do Estado de São Paulo (Fiesp), o Brasil deve, sim, aplicar medidas de retaliação ao governo norte-americano no caso dos subsídios ao algodão. A autorização foi concedida pela Organização Mundial do Comércio (OMC) no dia 31 de agosto, mas representantes do governo brasileiro teriam dito que [...]

Fuente: DCI SÃO PAULO – Após a decisão da Organização Mundial do Comércio (OMC) que autorizou o Brasil a retaliar os Estados Unidos em uma disputa contra os subsídios dados pelo governo americano à produção de algodão, o governo brasileiro estuda a possibilidade de deixar de comprar produtos agrícolas do país, conforme informou nesta [...]

Fuente: So Noticias Os preços do algodão em pluma estiveram estáveis no mercado interno nos últimos dias. O Indicador CEPEA/ESALQ para pagamento em 8 dias fechou a R$ 1,1689/lp nessa terça-feira, 8 de setembro, praticamente sem alteração em sete dias. Segundo pesquisas do Cepea, esse cenário esteve atrelado à volatilidade do dólar e às [...]

Fuente: So Noticias A colheita do algodão está praticamente finalizada em Mato Grosso. As máquinas já percorreram 98% das plantações e nos próximos dias encerram o trabalho que acabou se prolongando. A informação é do Instituto Mato-grossense de Economia Agropecuária, vinculado à Federação da Agricultura e Pecuária do Estado (Famato). A análise da cultura [...]

Fuente: Agroinformación La identificación de los picudos del algodón capturados en trampas podría ser más fácil en el futuro, gracias a una nueva técnica desarrollada por científicos del Servicio de Investigación Agrícola (ARS) y sus colaboradores. La técnica utiliza las huellas digitales genéticas de las plagas para identificarlas.
09/09/2009 (Noticia leida 80 veces)
ARS- Los picudos [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx
El funcionario dijo que esta cifra representa un 50 por ciento más de lo que se cobró en el 2008, cuando el Cabildo fijó el impuesto en 40 pesos por tonelada.
Argumedo Ramos aclaró que este año al igual que en el 2008, el Ayuntamiento no le dará ningún tipo de devolución [...]

Fuente: Portafolio La compañía se dedicó a la compra de empresas semilleras, en busca de consolidar negocios como caña azucarera, algodón, soya, canola y maíz.
Por 45 millones de dólares, la multinacional estadounidense Monsanto compró a WestBred LLC, una empresa del estado de Montana, especializada en germoplasma de trigo.
De esta forma, la empresa busca seguir [...]

Fuente: Norte El gobierno provincial no pondrá ningún obstáculo a la presentación de un petitorio por parte de las organizaciones de productores que marcharán hoy desde el interior hacia Resistencia, adelantó ayer el ministro de Economía, Eduardo Aguilar, quien destacó que la gestión de Jorge Capitanich "dio respuesta a demandas históricas del campo".
"Nos pusimos [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.nationmw.net
Some cotton farmers in Chikwawa have asked government to reduce the minimum price of cotton from K75 per kilogramme to enable them find a market for the commodity.
The farmers say the cotton that was picked in March this year is fast losing its quality and value as buyers have not been [...]

Fuente: AM 990 También se acordó estudiar en forma conjunta gobierno y entidades, un tratamiento diferencial para aquellos productores que hayan refinanciado su deuda y no pudieron cumplir con sus compromisos.
Publicado el 2009-09-08
Además, se renovó el acuerdo con el Consejo de Ingenieros Agrónomos para que continúen realizando las verificaciones de [...]

Fuente: Ambito Financiero El megagrupo textil brasileño Santana anunció que invertirá u$s 30 millones para duplicar la capacidad productiva de su planta de Chaco, en la que fabrica tela para confeccionar jeans. Con esta ampliación, dijo la empresa, estarán en condiciones de producir unos 28 millones de metros de tela en 2011.
La firma brasileña [...]

Fuente: El Cronista Comercial Cuando un consumidor argentino entra a una tienda a comprar un par de jeans de cualquiera de las marcas mas importantes de este tipo de vestimenta está realizando un aporte a la caja de los grandes grupos brasileños dedicados a la fabricación de denim.
Se trata del tejido usado como materia [...]

Fuente: La Voz de Chaco Los brasileños invertirían U$S30 millones para crear 300 puestos de trabajo, que se sumarían a los actuales 350. De concretarse, el Chaco produciría el 40% del denin argentino.
Santana Textil Chaco presentó ayer al gobernador Jorge Capitanich el nuevo proyecto de inversión a través del cual duplicará la producción actual, [...]

Fuente: La Nación A un año y medio de la inauguración de su planta en la Argentina, la textil brasileña Santana Textiles anunció una inversión adicional de US$ 30 millones para duplicar su capacidad de producción.
Las obras le permitirán a la compañía duplicar la capacidad de producción de su planta ubicada en la localidad [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.masnoticias.net
Chihuahua,Chih.- El estado de Chihuahua se caracteriza por producir uno de los mejores algodones del mundo y en este 2009 se levantará una cosecha de más de 180 mil pacas de algodón pluma, representando esto una derrama económica de cerca de 9 mil 700 millones de pesos, lo anterior lo dio [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.elagoradechihuahua.com
El estado de Chihuahua se caracteriza por producir uno de los mejores algodones del mundo y en este 2009 se levantará una cosecha de más de 180 mil pacas de algodón pluma, representando esto una derrama económica de cerca de 9 mil 700 millones de pesos, lo anterior lo dio a [...]

Fuente: Nordeste al día De concretarse la iniciativa, el 40 por ciento de la producción nacional de "denim" saldría de la Provincia. 30 millones de inversión y 300 puestos de trabajo, son las características salientes del nuevo proyecto. En tanto, la perspectiva de producción alcanzaría los 28 millones de metros lineales por año.
Santana Textil [...]

Fuente: Chaco Prensa Estamos orgullosos de presentar el proyecto de inversión al gobernador Capitanich. Aumentamos los lazos que unen a Santana Textil con el gobierno del Chaco". Así definió el encuentro mantenido esta tarde con el primer mandatario chaqueño, el presidente de Santa textil Chaco, Igor Rocha Perdigao.
El empresario brasilero no dudó en afirmar [...]

Fuente: Chaco Prensa De concretarse la iniciativa, el 40 por ciento de la producción nacional de denim saldría de la Provincia. 30 millones de inversión y 300 puestos de trabajo, son las características salientes del nuevo proyecto. En tanto, la perspectiva de producción alcanzaría los 28 millones de metros lineales por año.
Santana Textil Chaco [...]

Fuente: El Liberal Protesta. El fuerte viento y la tierra que se levantaba frente al establecimiento fabril, no impidió la presencia de una decena de trabajadores que por momentos cortaron la ruta 5.
Luego de una reunión que mantuvieron poco antes del mediodía con los empresarios, obreros de la firma Safico ubicada sobre la ruta [...]

Fuente: Terra España Os produtores de algodão, cacau, café, cana-de-açúcar e soja não poderão mais utilizar agrotóxicos que tenham o ingrediente ativo endossulfam em sua composição. Ao anunciar a medida, a Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (Anvisa) suspendeu a importação e o registro de novos agrotóxicos à base dessa substância
A Anvisa proibiu também o [...]

Fuente: O Globo Uma experiência que utiliza as sobras do algodão como adubo está dando bons resultados em Nova Friburgo, no Rio de Janeiro.
Nova Friburgo se destaca pela agricultura, mas também é conhecida por ter grandes indústrias no setor têxtil. Em uma fábrica de fios e rendas, o algodão bruto passa por um longo [...]

Fuente: El Comercial También se acordó estudiar en forma conjunta gobierno y entidades, un tratamiento diferencial para aquellos productores que hayan refinanciado su deuda y no pudieron cumplir con sus compromisos.
Además, se renovó el acuerdo con el Consejo de Ingenieros Agrónomos para que continúen realizando las verificaciones de los lotes a asistir en crédito [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
JAIPUR: Barely a week after TOI first reported about the deaths of children in the Bt cotton fields of Gujarat (August 28), five more deaths have
been reported from the area, taking the total number of those dead in just over a month to 10. A majority of those dead are children [...]

Fuente: Daily Times LAHORE: Cotton crop has been sown on an area of 6.177 million acres which is 0.6 million acres more than target set for this year. This increase in area will significantly contribute to achieve the target of 10 million bales this year, inspite of the fact that 70 percent of the [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://finissimo.com.br
Depois que foi anunciado, em Genebra, que o Brasil foi autorizado pela Organização Mundial de Comércio a aplicar retaliações contra os Estados Unidos que chegam a 295 milhões de dólares (por conta dos subsídios agrícolas dados aos produtores de algodão) o resultado poderá ser um aumento dos preços do algodão no [...]

Fuente: Milenio San Pedro.- Los campesinos pagarán este año 60 pesos por tonelada de algodón en hueso, en lo que respecta al impuesto por movilización de las cosechas, de acuerdo a la determinación que adoptó el Cabildo en su sesión efectuada la semana pasada.
Lo anterior fue dado a conocer por el Jefe del Departamento [...]

Fuente: Norte A más de un mes de la instalación del acampe en la plaza central de Resistencia de aborígenes y campesinos del interior provincial, finalmente existen posibilidades concretas de solución al conflicto a partir de un principio de acuerdo al que llegaron con el gobierno en las últimas horas y por el cual [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.myplainview.com
A recent subsidy increase for India´s cotton farmers could drop world cotton prices by as much as 6 percent, according to a report from Texas Tech University´s Cotton Economics Research Institute (CERI).
U.S. farmers will see their prices slashed by an average 2.48 percent during the next five years, cutting into an [...]

Fuente: Zero Hora O Brasil terá em breve uma lista de sanções contra os Estados Unidos por causa dos subsídios dados aos produtores de algodão norte-americanos. A Organização Mundial do Comércio (OMC) deu ao Brasil o direito de fazer retaliações comerciais reconhecendo que os EUA ultrapassam os limites de protecionismo. O ministro das Relações [...]

Fuente: Ultimo Segundo Algodão: Conab fará 3° leilão de Pepro para 250 mil t A Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento (Conab) realizará o terceiro leilão de Prêmio de Equalização Pago ao produtor (Pepro) para 259,4 mil toneladas de algodão em pluma nesta quinta-feira (3). O prêmio máximo a ser pago para os produtores varia de [...]

Fuente: Tosabendo Novo fôlego. Os contratos futuros do algodão subiram ontem com especulações de que o preço baixo da fibra, que atingiu na terça-feira o menor patamar em dois meses, acabará impulsionando a demanda. Na bolsa de Nova York, os papéis com vencimento em dezembro fecharam com alta de 56 pontos (1%), a 58,91 [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://ocorreionews.com.br
Produtores de algodão e cooperativas da Bahia, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Piauí, São Paulo e Tocantins arremataram R$ 180,5 milhões em leilão realizado pela Conab nesta quinta-feira (03/09).
O dinheiro será pago por meio de subvenção econômica e investido no escoamento de 259,4 mil toneladas de [...]

Fuente: ABC / Vamos a sostener reuniones durante la próxima semana y quizás dentro de 10 ó 15 días podremos tener una lista”, dijo a Reuters en una entrevista en un alto de un encuentro de ministros de Comercio en India para reactivar la Ronda de Doha.
La OMC fijó el lunes las condiciones bajo [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.journaldumali.com
Depuis la grande sécheresse de 1973 qui a frappé tout le sahel, l´agriculture malienne est confrontée à d´énormes difficultés. Les sécheresses répétées, la détérioration de la qualité des semences, la hausse du prix des intrants, l´appauvrissement des sols sont les premiers facteurs de cette chute de la production agricole. Le coton [...]

Fuente: Tosabendo Os agricultores do oeste da Bahia estão colhendo a safra do algodão. Este ano, fatores climáticos atrasaram os trabalhos e comprometeram a produtividade das lavouras.
O algodão no oeste baiano já deveria ter sido todo colhido a cerca de um mês, mas as chuvas que ocorreram nos meses de abril e maio acabaram [...]

Fuente: So Noticias Os preços do algodão em pluma no mercado interno caíram nos últimos dias. Entre 25 de agosto e 1° de setembro, o Indicador teve queda de 0,4%, fechando a terça-feira a R$ 1,1688/lp. Desde o início da segunda quinzena de agosto, o Cot A, referência de preços internacionais, permanece em queda, [...]

Fuente: Ultimo Segundo O governo americano e os produtores de algodão dos EUA comemoraram a decisão da Organização Mundial do Comércio (OMC), que apesar de condenar os subsídios americanos ao algodão, estabeleceu um valor muito inferior ao pedido pelo Brasil. O País pedia uma retaliação de US$ 2,68 bilhões e recebeu de US$ 294,7 [...]

Fuente: ABC Madrid/Murcia, 2 sep (EFE).- Los productores han presentado un total de 16.573 solicitudes para recibir la ayuda adicional para el algodón, tabaco y azúcar, 17 de ellas en Murcia (16 para algodón y una para azúcar), y que corresponde a la aplicación del artículo 69, que condiciona este pago a cumplir objetivos [...]

Fuente: Sintesis Agraria http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx
Preocupación
El jefe del Centro de Apoyo al Desarrollo Rural, David Reina García, dijo que en este momento las lluvias podrían generar afectaciones a los productores de algodón.
“Los productores ya estaban listos para la cosecha, algunos ya habían empezado a piscar, pero tuvieron que suspender las actividades cuando empezó a llover”, señaó. [...]