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.