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Cotton Industry Sites
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 The Cotton Board |
| The Cotton Board serves as a liaison to the USDA and, through five Field Service Representatives, acts as a direct link to Cotton Incorporated providing program updates and keeping growers aware of program activities. |
| Cotton Council International |
| Cotton Council International, the export promotions and market development division of
the National Cotton Council, is dedicated to increasing exports of U.S. cotton, cottonseed and
their products. |
| Cotton Foundation |
| The Cotton Foundation’s mission is to provide vision and leadership to the U.S. cotton
industry through research and education in support of the National Cotton Council of America
and its allied industries. |
| International Cotton Advisory Committee |
| The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) is an association of governments having an interest in the production, export, import, and consumption of
cotton. It is an organization designed to promote cooperation in cotton affairs, particularly those of international scope and significance. This web site is offered in
English, French, and Spanish. |
| National Cotton Council |
| The mission of the National Cotton Council of America is to strengthen the ability of U.S. cotton producers, ginners, crushers, merchants, warehousemen, cooperatives and textile manufacturers to compete effectively and profitably in the raw cotton, finished product and oilseed markets at
home and abroad. |
| Agricultural Weather |
| Links to major weather sites including The Weather Channel, Agriweather Instrument Catalog, Agriculture OnLine Weather, Daily Planet, Intellicast, Southwest Agriculture Weather Service Center, USA Today Weather information. |
| Agriculture Online |
| Successful Farming magazine's web site includes a mix of publishers and service providers, companies, and individual users. Topics include
markets, weather, livestock, farming, machinery, Ag computing, calendar and more. |
| King Cotton Magazine |
| This web site endeavors to present all known informational sites on the web related to cotton. The magazine also solicits and publishes
articles on cotton. |
| USDA-AMS |
| The Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) Cotton Division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) promotes the orderly and efficient
marketing of cotton by preparing, distributing, and encouraging the use of universal cotton classification standards, and by providing cotton classification and market
news that meet the needs and expectations of the cotton and textile industries. Their web site includes descriptions of Cotton Programs, Classing Services,
resources, key contacts, and lists available publications/video tapes and employment opportunities. |
| USDA/ARS |
| As the in-house research arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Agricultural Research Service has a mission to: Provide access to
agricultural information and develop new knowledge and technology needed to solve technical agricultural problems of broad scope and high national priority to
ensure adequate availability of high-quality, safe food and other agricultural products to meet the nutritional needs of the American consumer, to sustain a viable and
competitive food and agricultural economy, to enhance quality of life and economic opportunity for rural citizens and society as a whole, and to maintain a quality
environment and natural resource base. |
| Raitech, Inc. |
| Homepage for Raitech Inc. A Charlotte North Carolina based developer and manufacturer of leading edge textile testing instruments including the Quickwash PlusTM system. |
| Journal of Cotton Science |
| The Journal of Cotton Science is a multidisciplinary, refereed journal residing on the Homepage of the National Cotton Council of America. |
| Textile World |
| TEXTILE WORLD ONLINE serves textile executives in their dual roles as managers and technologists with frequently updated information about new products, technology and on-site plant applications. TEXTILE WORLD is the industry's leading source for news on processing fiber into yarn, fabric and finished products. |
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