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Cotton acreage is expected to decrease in Louisiana this year, mirroring a downward trend nationwide....More

Louisiana state legislators are considering several bills to insure that $766,000 in boll weevil eradication funds are not included in a fund sweep that Gov. Bobby Jindal is proposing to help balance the state budget....More

India has cleared the way for exports of raw cotton, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal....More

It sounds odd but at the same time a bloated Mississippi River was flooding part of George Lacour’s cotton acreage, another portion of his Louisiana cotton was drought-stricken. Many months later, the Southern Cotton Ginners Association president was still coming to terms with the 2011 growing season....More

A huge increase in estimated world ending stocks, based on cotton discovered in inventory in India, jolted the market in early April....More

For years, The Fabric of Our Lives song featured in Cotton Incorporated’s advertising, has connected consumers to the ways cotton is ingrained in our everyday lives. More recently, Cotton Incorporated has utilized up-and-coming celebrities to share the message that cotton is the “Fabric of My Life”. This year, two new celebrities are being featured in the commercials showcasing a typical day for them in the cities they call home....More

U.S. cotton acreage will probably fall short of USDA’s projected 13.15 million acres, but exports could be higher than projected on increases in world demand and continued stockpiling of cotton by the Chinese....More

Changes in the physiology of the cotton plant could make future fiber easier to clean in the ginning process, says Rick Byler, research leader at the USDA Cotton Ginning Laboratory at Stoneville, Miss....More

A 2010 survey of cotton gins showed that as volume increased, per bale variable costs were also reduced....More