A sharp drop in world prices has almost halved cotton production in Africa over five years, the African Cotton Association announced Wednesday, saying the sector faced an "acute crisis." The price drop along with soaring costs for agricultural inputs have forced African ...
Visiting US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said Tuesday that Washington was seeking talks with Brazil before it imposes retaliatory trade tariffs for US cotton subsidies the WTO ruled as discriminatory. After meeting with Brazilian Foreign Trade Minister Miguel Jorge and cabinet chief ...
A US senator on Tuesday warned advocates of escalating a trade dispute with Brazil that the South American giant would have "a lot of friends" around the world if Washington took such action. "You would be shocked at how much international support ...
Brazil said Monday it would raise tariffs on 591 million dollars worth of US products in the latest twist in its showdown over US cotton subsidies it has blasted as unfair. The list of about 100 products included luxury consumer items such ...
Brazil announces trade sanctions on US goods like cars, fruit because of US cotton subsidies Brazil announced trade sanctions on a range of American goods Monday in retaliation for the United States' failure to eliminate billions in illegal cotton subsidies — a ...
<div id="subtitle">Arkansas cotton growers hoping for good weather and for prices to catch up to other crops</div><div><p>Arkansas cotton growers, who had to wait to plant this year because of a cool and rainy spring, are watching the weather and keeping an eye ...
<div id="subtitle">Dolly wallops Rio Grande Valley agriculture, halts harvest of cotton, sorghum crops</div><div><p>Hurricane Dolly probably doomed South Texas's cotton and sorghum crops already damaged by heavy rains earlier in the summer. But analysts said the loss, while devastating for local producers, will ...
<div><p>Cotton growers in impoverished Burkina Faso will suffer from the failure of world powers to conclude a global trade pact, its trade minister said Wednesday, highlighting broad concern over the impact of the breakdown on the developing world.</p><p>"We can hardly control our ...
<div><p>Suicides among Indian farmers have not increased as a result of the introduction of GM crops, according to a large scientific study. </p><p>The finding runs counter to arguments often cited by NGOs in the country such as Gene Campaign that oppose GM ...
<div id="subtitle">Mississippi cotton farmers have won the battle against boll weevils; just a handful found</div><div><p>A small insect pest that drove many Mississippi cotton farmers to the brink of despair a few years ago now finds its days numbered.</p><p>Boll weevils ...
