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Cotton Production
Organizations
Publications


American Cotton Museum - goal to educate the public about the history and impact of the cotton industry on the Northern Texas Blacklands and the United States.

Anderson Clayton Corp. - ginning, warehousing, oil mills, seed sales, merchandising, grower financing, and crop insurance for the cotton industry.

Australian Cotton Cooperative Research Centre - mission to enhance the development and growth of the Australian Cotton industry through the application of collaborative research, education and the adoption of sustainable farming systems.

Bremen Cotton Exchange - founded in 1872 to maintain and to promote the interests of all those connected with the international cotton trade.

Calcot, Ltd. - cotton marketing cooperative of California and Arizona growers.

Cotton Council International - the international division of the National Cotton Council of America, whose mission is to increase exports of U.S. cotton, cottonseed and U.S. manufactured cotton products.

Cotton Foundation - provides vision and leadership to the US cotton industry through research and education.

Cotton Incorporated - research and promotion company that builds demand for cotton in the U.S. and world markets.

Cotton on the Net - gateway site to the cotton for cotton services, association and the trading community.

Cotton Outlook - a U.K. company that provides charts, graphs and other cotton market information.

Cotton USA - the export promotions program managed by Cotton Council International designed to promote U.S. cotton fiber and manufactured cotton products in markets around the world.

International Cotton Advisory Committee - an association of governments having an interest in the production, export, import and consumption of cotton.

Market News - Cotton Reports - USDA's AMS reports on cotton quality and cotton prices as well as weekly cotton market review.


PRODCUTION

Cotton Pickin' Web - contains accurate, current and organized information on cotton production.

Crop Production (PCP-BB)

Crop Production--Annual Summary (PCP-BBAN)

Crop Production--Acreage--supplement (PCP-BBA)

Crop Production--Prospective Plantings--supplement (PCP-BBP)


ORGANIZATIONS

American Cotton Shippers Association - organized in 1924 to provide a unified voice for the cotton merchandising trade of the United States.

American Textile Manufacturers Institute - the national trade association for the domestic textile industry.

Cotton Australia

Cotton Board - administers the Cotton Research and Promotion Program.

International Textile and Apparel Association - an association of scholars teaching and conducting research on textiles and apparel from production to customer satisfaction with products.

National Cotton Batting Institute - organized in 1954, the institute is the sole representative for the fiber batting industry and is dedicated to solving its problems and promoting its products.

National Cotton Council - the only organization representing all seven cotton industry segments -- producers, ginners, warehousers, merchants, crushers, cooperatives, textile manufacturers.

National Cottonseed Products Association - the trade association for the cottonseed processing industry.

Plains Cotton Cooperative Association - a farmer-owned cotton marketing cooperative.

Supima Association of America - promotes the increased consumption of U.S. Pima Cotton around the world and is involved in quality assurance and research programs.


PUBLICATIONS

Cotton Farming - the cotton industry's only vertical publication with a production and management focus.

Cotton Marketing Weekly - a newsletter devoted to a discussion of the cotton situation and outlook.

Journal of Cotton Science - published four times a year by the Cotton Foundation.

King Cotton Magazine - resource of cotton information.