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May 08

Cotton holds its promise in Mississippi, just on fewer acres

Economic Coordination Committee approves letter of intent for hiring Monsanto Company to introduce Bt cotton varieties in Pakistan

Bayer CropScience honors top-class U.S. cotton growers at third annual FiberMax One Ton Club awards banquet

Bayer CropScience announces exclusive U.S. partners for the 2008 Certified FiberMax Cotton program

Pakistan's Ministry of Agriculture proposes Bt cotton introduction

Pakistan's Ministry of Agriculture seeks approval from ECC on Bt cotton

No growth in world cotton mill use and production expected in 2008/09

April 08

Australian OGTR: DIR 085/2008 - Notification of Licence Application - Limited and controlled release of cotton genetically modified for altered fatty acid composition of the cottonseed oil

India's Central Institute for Cotton Research developing new variety of short staple BT cotton

As weed resistance increases, cotton growers look for new control methods - FiberMax LibertyLink cotton seed varieties keep yield and profit potential high

USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service makes changes to the Cotton Objective Yield Survey

Bayer CropScience's Cotton Agronomic Performance (CAP) trials add value for U.S. cotton growers, give growers added chance to evaluate local variety performance data

Leverage 2.7 insecticide from Bayer CropScience receives U.S. EPA registration for soybeans and cotton

Unique share risk programs support Americot quality cotton varieties

World cotton price is projected higher in 2008/09

March 08

Cotton studies target Fusarium wilt
Estudios se enfocan en combatir el hongo que causa el marchitez del algodón

Dr. Jane Kveton Dever named Associate Professor - Cotton Breeding at Texas AgriLife Research

World cotton prices surge in February to the highest since August 1997

February 08

Toward sequencing cotton (Gossypium) genomes

Cotton Seed Distributors Web on Wednesday: CSD's Dave Kelly talks with Monsanto's Mark Oppenheizer and Eric Cerny about some of there up and coming technologies

New pima cottons fight Fusarium fungus
Nuevo algodón combate el hongo Fusarium

Le Burkina Faso est prêt pour la vulgarisation du coton Bt

International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) announces 10th Proficiency Test on GMO Testing on cotton

Australian OGTR: DIR 083/2007 - Notification of licence application - Limited and controlled release of cotton genetically modified for enhanced waterlogging tolerance

Breeding heat-tolerant cotton
Desarrollando líneas de algodón que pueden tolerar el calor

Economic comparison of transgenic and nontransgenic cotton production systems in Georgia, USA

National Cotton Council of America sees lower 2008 U.S. cotton production, tightening stocks

Uganda approves Bt cotton trials

India's Cotton Advisory Board estimates an all-time record cotton production in 2007-08

First documented case of pest resistance to biotech cotton
Certains insectes deviendraient-ils résistants au coton Bt ?

Cotton outlook favorable for Texas producers

China establishes four new national standards that set quality requirements for legume, cereal, fiber crop, and oilseed seeds

Breeding cotton to beat the heat
Algodón que tolera el calor

World cotton stocks are projected to decline further in 2008/09

January 08

Australian OGTR: DIR 081/2007 - Limited and controlled release of cotton genetically modified for enhanced water use efficiency

Confined field trials of GM cotton approved in Uganda

Simple, effective cotton plant management now more affordable - Stance plant growth regulator from Bayer CropScience is a better value this season

Web on Wednesday: Cotton leaf curl study tour in Pakistan

2007 data show differences in early season cotton insecticides - Bayer CropScience's Temik provides proven performance on spider mites, lygus, nematodes and other early season pests

2008 Stoneville variety lineup shows strength and versatility - A wide range of cottonseed offerings promises rapid stand establishment and high yield potential

CSIRO Plant Industry’s Dr Greg Constable receives “Outstanding Research in Cotton Physiology Award”

Research examines ways to optimize cotton stands

With harvest complete, South Texas cotton growers prepare for 2008 - Newest FiberMax cotton seed varieties keep profit potential high

2007 U.S. corn crop is a record breaker, reports USDA - Cotton, rice yields hit all-time highs

Pakistan to introduce genetically modified cottonseed in 2009

Texas A&M University's Robert Lemon honored as 2007 Extension Cotton Specialist of the Year

Bayer CropScience announces 2008 shared risk program for U.S. cotton growers

‘Bayer Season’ builds foundation for improved cotton profitability - Company offers unmatched products, people and innovations through day 40 and beyond

Monsanto announces testing program for glufosinate-tolerant cotton varieties - Announcement paves the way for industry's first three-way stack of herbicide-tolerant technologies

Plant Health Care announces results of N-Hibit and ProAct field trials, demonstrates yield improvements in cotton

Monsanto's R&D pipeline set to deliver valuable products to farmers well into next decade

Cotton resource DVD is an encyclopedia of production information

World cotton area projected stable in 2008/09

Fourth round trial of the Task Force on Commercial Standardization of Instrument Testing of Cotton completed

Texas research looks at new way to protect cotton against thrips - Aeris insecticide/nematicide seed treatment from Bayer CropScience delivered a consistent, broad spectrum of protection in 2007

U.S. acreage of organic cotton gains ground


December 07

Investigating the impacts that climate change is having on the Australian cotton industry

In Mississippi, soybeans replace cotton in ag value while grain crops see big 2007 value increases

Cotton Seed Distributors CEO Peter Graham about Cotton Breeding Australia (CBA)

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) invites comments on a number of applications to amend the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code

Texas A&M University’s Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering signs agreement with Chinese cotton ginning machinery manufacturer

Mahyco Monsanto Biotech (India) Limited claims 61% rise in Bt cotton area in India

U.S. Mid-South cotton gets a seed-applied boost - New Aeris insecticide/nematicide seed treatment from Bayer CropScience delivered a consistent, broad spectrum of protection in 2007

Toward sequencing the cotton genome

U.S. Federal Register:
- Bacillus thuringiensis Vip3Aa19 protein in cotton; Extension of a temporary exemption from the requirement of a tolerance
- Bacillus thuringiensis Vip3Aa20 protein and the genetic material necessary for its production in corn; extension of temporary exemption from the requirement of a tolerance

Global cotton mill use increasing more slowly in 2007/08

November 07

India: Bt cotton grown in nine cotton-growing states

Bayer CropScience LP, the U.S. business of Bayer CropScience AG, announces new BioScience leadership team

USDA/PVPO grants protection to 29 new plant varieties

Chinese scientists develop a plant-mediated RNA interference technique to control the gene expression of the cotton bollworm

ICARDA researchers develop low-cost technology to increase crop yield in magnesium-rich soil

China’s cotton supply and demand: issues and impact on the world market

CAP Reform: European Commission proposes new cotton reform taking account of Court of Justice ruling

Australian OGTR: DIR 074/2007 - Limited and Controlled release of GM insect resistant and/or herbicide tolerant Gossypium barbadense cotton

A low-cost technology boosts farm income in Kazakhstan

Australia's Cotton Catchment Communities CRC appoints Philip Armytage as its new CEO

Cotton Seed Distributors Facts on Friday:
- Late season variety choice
- Management of Liberty Link cotton

October 07

Statement of the 66th plenary meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee - Strategies for national competitiveness

Boll weevil down but not out in Texas cotton fields

Monsanto Australia granted a permit to extend the Bollgard II planting windows for this season

Syngenta's Endigo insecticide registered for use in cotton in the United States

Cottonseed brands from Bayer CropScience account for largest share of U.S. acres

USDA/AMS report: Cotton Varieties Planted — 2007 Crop

Task Force on Commercial Standardization of Instrument Testing of Cotton completes third Round Trial

Projected increase in world cotton trade in 2007/08

Headline fungicide from BASF now registered for cotton in the United States

U.S. Federal Register: 2007 crop cotton classification services and user fees to growers

Australia's cotton growers call on government to ensure industry safeguards

September 07

Origin Agritech Limited's affiliate Biocentury Transgene (China) Co. receives commercial approval for three varieties of its insect-resistant genetically modified ("GM") hybrid cotton seed in India

Philippines government experts to conduct greenhouse trial on Bt cotton before year end

The Economic Impact and the Distribution of Benefits and Risk from the Adoption of Insect Resistant (Bt) Cotton in West Africa

CSIRO Plant Industry and Cotton Seed Distributors Ltd form the Cotton Breeding Australia joint venture

USDA Plant Variety Protection Office grants protection to 42 new plant varieties

Global organic cotton production increases 53% in the last year - Expansion led by Turkey, India, China, Syria, Peru and the U.S.

Monsanto and Evogene collaborate on nitrogen use efficiency research

California Planting Cotton Seed Distributors supports the Seed Biotechnology Center at UC Davis

Texas Department of Agriculture funds array of cotton research

Algodão orgânico traz especialista à Campina Grande

Cotton Seed Distributors, Web on Wednesday: Marketing considerations for dryland cotton

USDA/NASS Crop production report

Australian OGTR: DIR 073/2007 - Limited and Controlled release of GM insect resistant and insect resistant/herbicide tolerant cotton

U.S. Federal Register: Experimental use permit - Receipt of an application from Bayer CropScience

Australian OGTR: Invitation to comment on a consultation risk assessment and risk management plan for the limited and controlled release fo GM insect resistant and/or herbicide tolerant Gossypium barbadense cotton: DIR 074/2007

Record cotton production and mill use in Asia projected

Inquiring research minds want to know more about cotton fleahoppers

August 07

Monsanto Company publishes pro forma financial information reflecting fiscal year 2007 cotton seed business acquisition and divestitures

Large-scale trials of domestic Bt cotton stalled in India

Integrande da CNTBio defende uso de algodão transgênico

Andhra University study: Economics of Bt cotton vs. traditional cotton varieties

JK Agrigenetics' new Bt cotton version likely by 2010

The Philippines to learn much from Indian experience with Bt cotton development

Dow AgroSciences and Hexima Limited collaborate on cotton seed development

Genetic GPS for tracking boll weevils
Usando la genética para seguir la pista de los gorgojos del algodón

Cotton Australia applies biotechnology to slash the amount of water needed to grow cotton

Storage and testing of farm stored cotton seed

Friendly fungus helps keep aflatoxin out of cotton
Un hongo amigable ayuda a prevenir la invasión por la aflatoxina en el algodón

Western Australia releases GM cotton report for public comment

Higher season-average cotton price forecast for 2007/08

July 07

Mayores ingresos para los agricultores hindúes que siembran algodón biotecnológico - La producción de este cultivo aumenta un 50% en 2006

EUA não está reduzindo subsídio à exportação de algodão, aponta OMC

Americot introduces a "yielding machine" cotton for North Mississippi River Delta growers

Dr. Thomas Brooks joins Americot, Inc. as Director of Quality Assurance and Assistant Breeder

Evogene and CIRAD expand their cotton collaboration

Bayer CropScience granted new license to Senesco Technologies' gene technology for cotton

Latest developments and opportunities in the cotton industry of Tajikistan

India: Area under rice goes up to 54.4 lakh hectares - Cotton and oilseed coverage rises significantly

Two studies show benefits of BT cotton in India

Mississippi State University Extension hires new cotton specialist

U.S. cotton growers stick with insect control standard despite seed treatment options - At-plant insecticides provide better control of many early season pests

U.S. cotton growers want to finish the season with affordable, reliable harvest aid programs - Bayer CropScience's Finish 6 Pro adds value to harvest aid tankmix

USDA/PVPO grants protection to 29 new plant varieties

ISB News Report
- Reducing gossypol in cottonseed may improve human nutrition

Cotton Seed Distributors introduce Sicot 75, new variety for 2007

Cotton prices rising

Earliest-known evidence of peanut, cotton and squash farming found in northern Peru

Applied DNA Sciences signs $250,000 feasibility study to develop cotton marker protecting $5 billion cotton industry against counterfeiting

June 07

Kenya's National Biosafety Committee approves field trails of a genetically engineered cotton variety

Cotton Seed Distributors
- Sicot 70BRF - A New Variety For 2007
- New varieties for 2007

Andhra Pradesh government hints at GM Seed Act to control Bt cotton seed activity

New Roundup Ready Flex lines expand Americot's germplasm base for Southwestern U.S. cotton growers

Concentration of cotton in Asia continuing

Brasil: Comissão adia julgamento de pedidos para comercialização de transgênicos

Monsanto Company completes divestiture of Stoneville and NexGen businesses, begins combining Delta and Pine Land business

Bayer CropScience completes acquisition of Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Company
Bayer CropScience schließt Akquisition des US-Baumwollsaat-Herstellers Stoneville ab

Americot, Inc. acquires NexGen cotton seed brand, germplasm from Delta and Pine Land

Algodão colorido orgânico já é uma realidade na Paraíba

Cotton production - Innovations must sustain production

Vibha Agrotech Ltd. launches its first Bt-cotton hybrid series

Australian OGTR: Invitation to comment on a consultation risk assessment and risk management plan for the limited and controlled release of GM insect resistant and insect resistant/herbicide tolerant cotton: DIR 073/2007

PhytoGen Cottonseed remains committed to offering growers a strong choice

Latest Delta and Pine Land varieties and technologies on display at upcoming Ag Technology Field Day in Memphis

Monsanto Company completes acquisition of Delta and Pine Land Company, seeks approval of related divestitures

May 07

Cotton Seed Distributors Web on Wednesday:
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Liberty Link

Monsanto Company reaches agreement with U.S. Department of Justice on elements of consent decree, set to complete its acquisition of Delta and Pine Land Company

Delta and Pine Land Company and Monsanto announce agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice on elements of consent decree

Bayer CropScience agrees to acquire US cotton seed company Stoneville for US$ 310 million
Bayer CropScience will US-Baumwollsaatgut-Hersteller Stoneville für 310 Millionen US-Dollar übernehmen

Americot, Inc. to acquire NexGen cotton seed brand, germplasm from Delta and Pine Land

Cotton losses from nematodes at all-time high in the U.S. - Growers have several timing options to optimize control

AgBioForum Volume 10 Number 1
- The net gain to cotton farmers of a natural refuge plan for Bollgard II® cotton
- Inequality and GM crops: a case-study of Bt cotton in India

Uganda to conduct field trials of GM insect resistant cotton

Decisions taken in the 76th Meeting of India's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) held on 11 May 2007
53 new Bt cotton hybrids commercially approved in India

USDA/PVPO grants protection to 18 new plant varieties

Australian OGTR: Application for licence for limited and controlled release of GMOs into the environment: Application No. DIR 074/2007 Limited and controlled release of GM herbicide tolerant and/or insect resistant Extra Long Staple (ELS) Cotton (Gossypium barbadense)

Results available from the first round trial of Commercial Standardization of Instrument Testing of Cotton

U.S. Federal Register: Bacillus thuringiensis Vip3Aa19 protein in cotton; exemption from the requirement of a tolerance

Narrow rows widen chance of higher cotton yields

Canadian Food Inspection Agency:
Notice of submission for approval of novel food and livestock feed use that includes an environmental safety assessment of cotton genetically modified for herbicide tolerance from Bayer CropScience Inc.
Avis de demande d’approbation, qui est appuyée par une évaluation de sûreté environnementale, relativement à un aliment nouveau pour animaux et humains consistant en un coton modifié génétiquement afin de le rendre résistant à un herbicide de Bayer CropScience Inc.

Texas cotton producer wins Delta and Pine Land Company's Boll Box/AVICTA Complete Pak giveaway

Chinese cotton imports projected to rise in 2007/08

Texas A&M University scientists seek useful traits in wild cottons

April 07

CIRAD adds seventeen thematic sheets to its 2006 report on cotton

Bayer CropScience hosts top-class cotton growers at the second annual FiberMax One Ton Club awards banquet in Lubbock, Texas

Introducing Steve Ainsworth, Cotton Seed Distributors' new General Manager

Opinion of the European Food Safety Authority in accordance with Articles 6 and 18 of Regulation (EC) No. 1829/2003 on application EFSA-GMO-NL-2005-13 - Application for the placing on the market of glufosinate-tolerant genetically modified LLcotton25 for food and feed uses, import and processing from Bayer CropScience

Earliness in Australian cotton

Embrapa alerta sobre nova praga do algodão

Delta and Pine Land Company announces second quarter and six-month operating results

U.S. cotton growers prepare for challenges in 2007

Bayer CropScience's Stance plant growth regulator delivers on plant management promise - First year data shows cotton plant regulation and fiber quality boost

World cotton production forecast unchanged in 2007/2008

University of Arkansas trustees to meet at new cotton research station building

March 07

2007 Texas corn acreage to increase, declines in cotton forecasted

Heterosis in yield, endotoxin expression and some physiological parameters in Bt transgenic cotton

Be a smart shopper when selecting cotton varieties

Herbicide resistance prompts cotton growers to search out tankmix partners, alternatives - Proper weed control requires multiple chemistries

New cotton breeder joins CSIRO Plant Industry's award-winning team

USDA/PVPO grants protection to 21 new plant varieties

Indian Council of Agricultural Research reconfirms higher yield of Bt cotton

Trimax Pro insecticide now registered for use in California cotton fields - Growers have a new option for control of aphids and lygus

New Bt cotton cultivation approval unlikely this summer in India

Cotton Seed Distributors Web on Wednesday:
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Grower of the Year
- New developments in aphid management research

Hybrid, for real - Part Acala, part Pima, California’s new hybrid cotton makes a mark

Delta and Pine Land Company and the National Cotton Council mark the U.S. National Agriculture Week with a grass roots initiative

New technologies coming too fast for Indian farmers in key cotton-growing area - Farmers relying on word of mouth to choose cottonseed in place of experimental testing

Bayer CropScience announces 2007 Shared Risk Programs for FiberMax and AFD cotton seed varieties for West Texas, New Mexico, Okalahoma and Kansas

Record 2006/07 cotton production forecast in South America

February 07

Australian Office of the Gene Technology Regulator: DIR 073/2007 Early-bird notification: Coming soon - Your chance to comment on the Risk Assessment and Risk Management Plan for proposed dealings involving limited and controlled release of GM insect resistant and insect resistant/herbicide tolerant cotton

Expedição de agrônomos avalia plantio de soja, milho e algodão em 14 estados

Chris Hopkins joins Bayer CropScience FiberMax cotton seed team as U.S. Southeast agronomist

Georgia Quality Cotton Award recognizes outstanding producers

Australian Oilseeds Federation - Sunflower, cottonseed and soybeans crop report February 2007

Syngenta's Ridomil Gold SL receives registration for use in California

Non-Bt cotton varieties offer promise for banned area in 10 northern Texas Panhandle counties

Commercialization of Bt cotton expected in The Philippines in three years

Pesquisa busca controle de fungos em soja e algodoeiro

Australian Office of the Gene Technology Regulator: Notification of issuing of Guidelines on Post Harvest Crops - Crops permitted on GM brassica and GM cotton trial sites during the post harvest monitoring period

World cotton stocks to decrease in 2007/08

January 07

Bayer CropScience's AERIS seed-applied system takes cotton seed treatment segment to new heights

Whitefly research helps cotton producers

Top-performing Delta and Pine Land Bollgard II/Roundup Ready Flex cotton  varieties in good supply

Agricultural Deskilling and the Spread of Genetically Modified Cotton in the Warangal District of Andhra Pradesh, India

Revolutionary plant health technology now available on cotton - LCO Promoter Technology maximizes cotton investment

Bayer CropScience's Stance plant regulator now registered for use in California cotton fields

U.S. Federal Register:
- Experimental use permit - Receipt of application 264-EUP-140 from Bayer CropScience LP requesting an experimental use permit for the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab protein and the genetic material necessary for its production in Events T303-3 and T304-40 cotton plants

Adam Kay, CEO of Cotton Australia discusses changes to the industry over the last 10 years

AgBioForum Volume 9 Number 3
- Bales and balance: a review of the methods used to assess the economic impact of Bt cotton on farmers in developing economies

Adoption of Bt cotton in Pakistan

Technology reduces gossypol in cottonseed
Tecnología reduce el gosipol en la semilla de algodón

Monsanto outlines new commitments to U.S. cotton producers - Initiatives focus on near-term and long-term sustainability for U.S. cotton producers

Delta and Pine Land increases the amount of seed in each Boll Box for better efficiency

World cotton area to expand slightly in 2007/08

Delta and Pine Land Company contributes new variety and technology performance presentations at 2007 Beltwide Conferences

Pakistan to release insect-resistant cotton variety

JK Agri-Genetics develops 19 new BT cotton varieties


December 06

China breeds 55 profitable new GM cotton varieties

Delta and Pine Land Company announces first quarter fiscal 2007 operating results

Delta and Pine Land Company announces shareholder approval of merger with Monsanto Company

GM in India: the battle over Bt cotton

U.S. Federal Register: Receipt of application 67979-EUP-T from Syngenta Seeds, Inc. requesting an experimental use permit (EUP) for the Vip3A and Cry1Ab plant-incorporated protectants

Burkina Faso lanzará una producción de algodón transgénico en 2007

Cotton Seed Distributors Web on Wednesday:
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The all new Nutrilogic
- Disease survey results
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Benefits and practical implications of Roundup Ready Flex technology

European Commission's Joint Research Centre releases new reference materials for testing genetically modified cotton and sugar beet

American Antitrust Institute calls on U.S. Department of Justice to evaluate competitive issues of the Monsanto/Delta and Pine Land deal

Punjab Seed Council approves three new cotton seed varieties

Heavy cotton irrigation hurt profits, helped yield in Mississippi

European Food Safety Authority:
- Opinion of the GMO Panel related on an application (Reference EFSA-GMO-NL-2005-13) for the placing on the market of glufosinate-tolerant genetically modified LLCotton25, for food and feed uses, and import and processing under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 from Bayer CropScience

Australian Office of the Gene Technology Regulator: Application for licence for limited and controlled release of GMOs into the environment: Application No. DIR 067/2006 Limited and Controlled release of GM waterlogging tolerant cotton

DNA Screening Reveals Pink Bollworm Resistance to Bt Cotton Remains Rare after a Decade of Exposure

Bayer CropScience's FiberMax gives cotton growers in the Southwestern U.S. a new round of high quality, high yielding varieties

New FiberMax varieties equip Southeastern U.S. cotton growers with high fiber quality, yield potential

New FiberMax varieties equip growers in the U.S. Mid-South with high fiber quality, yield potential

World cotton production slightly up in 2006/07

November 06

TRILEX Advanced gives U.S. cotton growers new choice in seedling disease protection

Burkina Faso to launch production of transgenic cotton in 2007

Bayer CropScience announces AERIS seed-applied system for 2007 cotton season - U.S. Producers have new option for early season insect/nematode protection

Got cotton? Texas researchers' discovery could yield protein to feed millions

Cotton Seed Distributors Web on Wednesday: Crop development tool

Pakistan research to yield virus-resistant cotton seed in three years

Desarrollan técnicas para cultivar algodón orgánico

October 06

Uncertainty in world cotton market weighs on projected 2006/07 imports by China

U.S. Federal Register: Boll weevil regulations

Despite drought, cotton produces near average crop in Mississippi

Australian OGTR: Notification of decision to issue a licence on application - DIR 066/2006 - Commercial release of Genetically Modified (GM) herbicide tolerant and/or insect resistant cotton lines north of latitude 22° South

Delta and Pine Land names Kenneth M. Avery Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

Dual-action bacterium fights fungal infection in crops

Delta and Pine Land Company announces fourth quarter and fiscal year end 2006 financial results

Pesquisas com algodão são apresentadas em seminário

CSIRO research indicates that insect-resistant cotton may also be water efficient

Australian OGTR:
- Notification of decision to issue a licence on application - DIR 065/2006 - Limited and controlled release of genetically modified (GM) insect resistant cotton

- Notification of decision to issue a licence on application - DIR 064/2006 - for limited and controlled release of water-efficient GM cotton

France to boost Burkina Faso’s beleaguered cotton sector

Hazera Genetics launches new logo

Bayer CropScience's FiberMax cotton seed increases 2006 acreage share

Conab estima crescimento na produção de soja, milho e algodão

Cotton Seed Distributors:
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Considerations when growing Roundup Ready and Roundup Ready Flex on farm
- Factors that affect seedling survival
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Growing Pima cotton

China, India and Pakistan: half of world cotton production and two-thirds of world cotton consumption

September 06

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency extends registration for Monsanto's second-generation insect-protected cotton technology

Australia's Gene Technology Regulator: Invitation to Comment on a Consultation Risk Assessment and Risk Management Plan (RARMP) for the Limited and Controlled Release of Waterlogging Tolerant Cotton: DIR 067/2006

CSIRO research shows that insect-resistant cotton may also be more water efficient

Farmers increase area planted with GM insect-protected cotton in India

Evento na Embrapa discute distribuição e conservação de algodoeiros nativos e naturalizados no Brasil

Monsanto and Syngenta to expand testing of GM cotton in Burkina Faso

Brasil vai ampliar parceria com a China para desenvolver pesquisas de algodão

Cotonicultor vê redução de gastos com transgênicos
Bt cotton: Brazilian farmers to use 25% less insecticides

Delta and Pine Land Company announces acquisition of industrial site in Indianola, Mississippi

University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture breeding program releases 23 cotton germplasm lines in 3 years

The social and environmental impacts of cotton production and use

Bayer CropScience and its FiberMax cotton seed brand are committed to development and growth

To beat tropical spiderwort, plant cotton early
Para controlar una maleza tropical, siembra el algodón más temprano

Cotton Seed Distributors - Web on Wednesday:
- ACRI Lysimeter opening
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Low water options and Cotton Seed Distributors' drought package
- Planting considerations
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Options in a low water year

USDA/PVPO grants protection to 23 new plant varieties

Delta and Pine Land Company excited about 2007 lineup of Bollgard II/Roundup Ready Flex varieties

August 06

Bayer CropScience's Indian affiliate Proagro conducts training for cotton seed farmers to enhance productivity

New computer program will allow U.S. producers to compare cotton varieties

Time for some intelligence in the war on the cotton bollworm - Indian and Australian scientists unite for the fight

Australia's Gene Technology Regulator: Invitation to comment on a consultation risk assessment and risk management plan for the commercial release of herbicide tolerant and/or insect resistant GM cotton lines in northern Australia: DIR 066/2006

Third annual Certified FiberMax Cotton Quality Summit helps unite industry commitment, demand

Monsanto Company to acquire Delta And Pine Land Company for $1.5 billion in cash

Australian OGTR: Decision on issuing a license for application No. DIR 062/2005 - Commercial release of herbicide tolerant Liberty Link® cotton for use in the Australian cropping system

Australian Cotton Conference:
- Key cotton decision makers meet
- Positive world cotton outlook
- Innovative science is the key to cotton's future
- China is key market for Australian cotton
- Climate change to impact on cotton
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Cotton biotechnology pipeline is long and costly
- Indonesia favours Australian cotton
- Pima cotton ploughs ahead in the USA
- Slow progress in developing drought tolerant cotton
- Opportunities for cotton to consolidate on world markets

Argentina: Obtuvieron una nueva línea de algodón

Australian OGTR: Invitation to Comment on a Consultation Risk Assessment and Risk Management Plan (RARMP) for Limited and Controlled Release of Water-Efficient Genetically Modified (GM) Cotton: DIR 064/2006

China's Xinjiang province develops its first Bt cotton variety

Cotton Seed Distributors - Web on Wednesday:
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Dryland variety update
- Emerging pests in Bollgard II crops: late season thrips, jassids, and aphids
- Skip row irrigation
- Sicala 350B

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Irrigation Management

Lower cotton stocks and higher cotton prices expected in 2006/07

July 06

JK Agri Genetics to commercialise new Bt cotton technology

Livro aborda metodologias para avaliação do algodão BT no Brasil

U.S. Federal Register: Availability of an addendum to environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact for field release of genetically engineered pink bollworm

Seven-year glitch: Cornell warns that Chinese GM cotton farmers are losing money due to secondary pests
- China's GM cotton profits are short-lived, says study
- Benefícios do algodão transgênico em xeque

The commercial standardization of instrument testing of cotton

Research studies Bt cotton effects on various insect pests

Bangalore-based Metahelix Life Sciences expected to develop a Bt cotton strain by 2007-08

Rasi Seeds to release Bollgard-2 cotton strain

State-of-the-art technology being applied to agricultural problems
Tecnología de último modelo aplicada a los problemas agrícolas

Bt cotton to cover 8.1 million acres in India in 2006

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency extends registration for Monsanto's Bollgard insect-protected cotton technology

Delta and Pine Land Company announces third quarter and nine-month operating results

Cotton Seed Distributors Web on Wednesday:
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Variety and seed treatment update
- An introduction to Roundup Ready Flex in Australia
- Liberty Link cotton
- New advances in the battle against silverleaf whitefly

World cotton consumption continuing higher in 2006/07

June 06

USDA/NASS acreage report

Strong growth expected for organic cotton market

Whitefly management options for South Queensland cotton

Brasil: Retorno dos transgênicos

Lavouras de transgênicos serão destruídas

Australia's OGTR: Early-bird notification: Your chance to comment on the Risk Assessment and Risk Management Plan for proposed dealings involving limited and controlled release of genetically modified cotton: DIR 067/2006

Cotton Seed Distributors Web on Wednesday:
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Final season quality wrap up
- Super single
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Insecticide resistance management strategy

U.S. Federal Register: Availability of an addendum to an environmental assessment for field release of genetically engineered pink bollworm

USDA/FAS GAIN report: Update on the Bt cotton situation in India

ISAAA fact sheet on approved Bt cotton hybrids in India

U.S. Agency for International Development provides $20 million of additional funds for West African Cotton Improvement Program

Delta and Pine Land Company announces promotions in technical services department

Indian cotton research institute develops low-cost Bt seed detection kit

Australia's OGTR: Invitation to comment on a Consultation Risk Assessment and Risk Management Plan for a Field trial of GM cotton expressing natural plant genes for fungal control: DIR 063/2005

International cotton prices likely to rise in 2006/07

May 06

Indian Council of Agricultural Research identifies two new, promising cotton varieties

FiberMax shared risk program highlights continued importance of quality cotton

Australian OGTR - Invitation to comment on a Consultation Risk Assessment and Risk Management Plan (RARMP) for Commercial Release of Genetically Modified (GM) Herbicide Tolerant Cotton: DIR 062/2005

Policy Research Working Paper of the World Bank: Recent and prospective adoption of genetically modified cotton: a global computable general equilibrium analysis of economic impacts

Delta and Pine Land Company acquires Syngenta's global cotton seed business, further expands worldwide presence

La India incrementa el cultivo de algodón transgénico

Delta and Pine Land Company announces transition in leadership of technical services

Mississippi State University scientists producing cotton's next generation

New cotton gin technologies combine for big savings
Nuevas tecnologías para la desmotadora significan ahorros

Cotton Seed Distributors Web on Wednesday:
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Southern Update
- Introduction of new 2006 varieties
- Central Queensland and Darling Downs picking and classing update
- Irrigation interactions with Bollgard II and conventional cotton

Farm-scale evaluation of the impacts of transgenic cotton on biodiversity, pesticide use, and yield

World cotton trade to remain at record level in 2006/07

Robert Nixon joins Delta and Pine Land Company as director of business development

April 06

Adoption of GM crops in South Africa in 2006

Biotech cotton on fast lane in Kenya

Prestigious award for CSIRO cotton researchers

GM cotton trial set for Western Australia

Rick Rice joins Delta and Pine Land Company as marketing director for the U.S. business

Director of Pakistan Cotton Research Institute warns farmers not to sow Bt cotton

The first decade of genetically engineered crops in the United States

Keep it simple, smart when selecting cotton varieties

Forces et faiblesses des exploitations cotonnières au Brésil, aux Etats-Unis et au Mali

Pakistan's National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering develops insect-resistant cotton variety

USDA/PVPO grants protection to 18 new plant varieties

Australia's OGTR:
- Application for licence for commercial release of GMOs into the environment: Application No. DIR 066/2006 Commercial release of GM herbicide tolerant and/or insect resistant cottons north of latitude 22° South
- Application for Licence for Limited and Controlled Release of GMOs Into the Environment: Application No. DIR 065/2006 Limited and controlled release of GM insect resistant (VIP3A and/or Cry1Ab) cotton

India's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee approves two new varieties of Bt cotton hybrids

Alternate methods of whitefly control
Métodos alternativos para el control de la mosca blanca

Cotton Seed Distributors Web on Wednesday:
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Piecing together segmented picking
- 2005-06 picking and classing update
- Protecting Australian cotton from unwanted nasties

Delta and Pine Land Company announces second quarter and six-month operating results
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Delta and Pine Land Company announces third quarter dividend

World cotton supply continues to grow in 2006/07

March 06

Australia's OGTR: Application for Licence for Limited and Controlled Release of GMOs Into the Environment: Application No. DIR 064/2006 Water Efficient GM cotton

Desarrollaron una nueva cosechadora de algodón

Web-based seed package calculator offered by Stoneville and NexGen cottonseed brand adds value to seed investment

USDA/PVPO grants protection to 23 new plant varieties

YaSheng Group leads development of a disease, drought, and insect-resistant strain of cotton

GM cotton varieties grown successfully in Pakistan

Monsanto announces indemnity collection system for unauthorized Bollgard cotton grown in Brazil

Label Eureka pour le projet Cottonstress de résistance à la sécheresse et à la salinité

Governo brasileiro já liberou o cultivo de soja e algodão transgênicos
GM soy and cotton are legal in Brazil
Gobierno liberó cultivo de soja y algodón transgénicos

Cotton and grain farmers in the Lower Rio Grande Valley ask U.S. Congress for no-plant drought relief

Delta and Pine Land cotton varieties perform well under nematode stress

Cotton Seed Distributors Web on Wednesday:
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More than micronaire: identifying fibre fineness and maturity
- Late season Queensland disease survey
- Ginning the 2006 pick

Roundup Ready Flex cotton field trials document greater efficiency for farmers

Southern hemisphere cotton production down significantly in 2005/06

Ivan Kennedy awarded the 2005 ACGRA Australian Cotton Researcher of the Year Award

February 06

Tres nuevas variedades de cultivos del INIEA incrementarán producción agrícola en la selva peruana

New technologies to shape cotton seed-applied vision: Bayer CropScience anticipates several product launches in near future

World cotton price to fall in 2006-07

Deliberate release into the E.U. environment of GMOs for any other purposes than placing on the market:

Australian Gene Technology Regulator:
Notification of decision to issue a license on application DIR 059/2005:
Commercial release of herbicide tolerant (Roundup Ready Flex® MON 88913) and herbicide tolerant/insect resistant (Roundup Ready Flex® MON 88913/Bollgard II®) cotton south of latitude 22° South in Australia

Técnicos vão discutir projeto de cooperação com países africanos

Delta and Pine Land Company announces second quarter dividends

Deliberate release into the E.U. environment of GMOs for any other purposes than placing on the market: Field trials to test expression, composition, agronomics (Cataluña). Efficacy and evaluation of impact to non-target organisms of lepidopteran resistant cotton cultivars.(Andalucía) - Dow AgroSciences, Spain

Australian Oilseeds Federation - Soybean, sunflower and cottonseed crop report February 2006

Australia's OGTR: Application for Licence for Commercial Release of GMOs Into the Environment: Application No. DIR 062/2005 Commercial release of herbicide tolerant Liberty Link® Cotton for use in the Australian cropping system

Crean un método para detectar el transgen Bt en algodón

GM debate fought on cotton fields of KwaZulu-Natal

Cotton prices higher in January 2006

Cotton Seed Distributors Web on Wednesday:
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Central Queensland picking underway

- 2005 Australian Cotton Industry Growers of the Year
- Global cotton market update

January 06

Stoneville cotton announces introductory replant protection program

A new way of looking at the comfort of cotton

USDA/PVPO grants protection to twenty-four new plant varieties

Origin Agritech acquires a controlling interest in Denong Zhengcheng Seed Company

2005 Cotton Blue Book now available for Rio Grande Valley of Texas

Beltwide Cotton Genetics hires Randy Smith as Midsouth sales representative

Despite hurricanes, cotton seed supply is good at Delta and Pine Land - Spreading risks enables company to have 2006 supplies of top varieties

Biotech cotton area rising

2005 U.S. cotton crop a record breaker, USDA reports - Corn, soybean crops second largest on record

Cotton Seed Distributors Web on Wednesday:
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Mid to late season issues

- Bollgard II performance review
- Introduction of Roundup Ready Flex in the US

Beltwide Cotton Conference:
- 25 years of data shows significant yield and fiber quality advances
- Delta and Pine Land's Tom Kerby becomes first in private sector to be honored with the Outstanding Research in Cotton Physiology Award

Delta and Pine Land Company announces first quarter fiscal 2006 operating results, acquisition of an Indian seed company

No-till and poultry litter can help cotton crops weather drought
Cero labranza y desperdicios avícolas podrían ayudar al algodón a tolerar la sequía

U.S. organic cotton production trends: acreage of organic cotton gains ground

Larger world cotton area in 2006/07


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