California Cotton Bounces Back
Brenda Carol
Contributing
"The cotton outlook is a lot better," says Philip Bowles, president of Bowles Farming Company near Los Banos, Calif. "Inventories of all textiles are low, and through some weird connection, rain tarnished the crop almost everywhere last year in all regions of the world except California. The other point I would like to make is California still leads the world in quality, even when the global competitive cotton farmers are having a good year."
Those assessments are also shared by industry leaders who have watched cotton acreage decrease dramatically in California for the past few years.
"I'm more enthusiastic about the future of California cotton than I've been in a long time," says Earl Williams, California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association president in Fresno, Calif. "Producers are getting back into cotton. I would say about 30 to 40 percent who abandoned the crop for alternative crops are now coming back to it."
source : cottonfarming
Brenda Carol
Contributing
"The cotton outlook is a lot better," says Philip Bowles, president of Bowles Farming Company near Los Banos, Calif. "Inventories of all textiles are low, and through some weird connection, rain tarnished the crop almost everywhere last year in all regions of the world except California. The other point I would like to make is California still leads the world in quality, even when the global competitive cotton farmers are having a good year."
Those assessments are also shared by industry leaders who have watched cotton acreage decrease dramatically in California for the past few years.
"I'm more enthusiastic about the future of California cotton than I've been in a long time," says Earl Williams, California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association president in Fresno, Calif. "Producers are getting back into cotton. I would say about 30 to 40 percent who abandoned the crop for alternative crops are now coming back to it."
source : cottonfarming
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