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Daily Beltwide Cotton Conferences Audio Recap with Stewart Doan
Stewart Doan has covered southern agriculture for 25 years and is considered the premiere farm broadcast journalist in the nation when it comes to reporting on cotton issues. The National Association of Farm Broadcasting named Doan the 2006 National Farm Broadcaster of the Year and he is a past president of the NAFB.
Stewart's daily updates are here:
Friday,
January 11 (3:54, 1.1mb)
Recap of Thursday’s Beltwide activities.
Thursday,
January 10 (3:25, 1mb)
The U.S. started 2007-08 with stocks of cotton at a 40 year high. USDA is counting on higher exports to reduce ending stocks. Carol Skelly, a fibers analyst with USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board, says an increase in Chinese import demand during the second half of the marketing year will be necessary in order to meet USDA's 16.2-million bale export target.
Thursday,
January 10 (9:12, 2.6mb)
Texas A&M University's Agricultural and Food Policy Center has analyzed the provisions of the House and Senate Farm Bills in order to determine their potential impacts on Southern crop growers. Center Co-Director Joe Outlaw presented their conclusions at the Beltwide Cotton Conferences' Economic Outlook Symposium.
Thursday,
January 10 (3:31, 1mb)
Texas A&M cotton economist Carl Anderson creates a buzz at the Cotton Economic Outlook Symposium with his predictions for cotton prices
Wednesday,
January 9 (3:13, 942kb)
News about the farm bill and battle for acreage dominate day one.
Delta and Pineland introduces finance and replant programs.
Wednesday,
January 9 (4:21, 1.2mb)
National Cotton Council Vice President of Economics and Policy Analysis Gary Adams analyzed the factors that will determine how much cotton is planted in the United States in 2008.
Wednesday,
January 9 (2:26, 716kb)
National Cotton Council Vice President of Economics and Policy Analysis Gary Adams says India's rapid increase in cotton production is having a direct impact on the U.S.'s ability to export cotton.
Wednesday,
January 9 (3:50, 1.1mb)
National Cotton Council Senior Vice President of Washington Operations John Maguire previewed the Farm Bill Conference and discussed the timeline for enactment of new ag policy.
