 | November 28 2011 
Bt cotton - organic groups continue to ignore its benefits
A thoughtful analysis by Roger Leonard and Ron Smith, Extension entomologists with Louisiana State University and Auburn University, puts real numbers to the sustainability of Bt cotton, which is grown on well over 95 percent of U.S. cotton acreage.
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 | August 11 2011
Future of Bt cotton in Pakistan
A PERSON who does not learn the lessons of history is doomed to repeat them. However, "What experience and history teach is this – those nations and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted upon any lessons they might have drawn from it." G.W.F. Hegel, German philosopher (1770-1831).
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 | August 11 2011
ICAC 2011 Preview, "Organic Cotton Production: The Reality of Costs and Benefits"
From a global perspective, what are the primary issues facing current organic production?
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 | July 26 2011
Bt accounts for 90% area under cotton crop in India
Even as the government remains undecided over the commercial release of Bt brinjal, Bt cotton now constitutes about 90 per cent of the total cotton crop in the country.
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 | June 14 2011
Seed Makers Work To Develop Drought-Tolerant Cotton
As West Texas cotton farmers seek relief from one of the state's most severe droughts on record, seed makers say they are years away from producing genetically-modified seeds that can thrive in dry soil.
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 | May 24 2011
Alien weed hits cotton, wheat in Syria, Iraq
An invasive alien weed, silverleaf nightshade, is threatening cotton and wheat crops in Syria and Iraq and could spread to Lebanon and Jordan, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Tuesday.
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 | February 23 2011
Seed companies announce new cottons for 2011
The excitement of dollar cotton could put cotton right back in the acreage conversation when 2011 planting season rolls around. For the first time since corn and soybean prices started their meteoric rise earlier this decade, cotton prices have achieved a level competitive with those crops.
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 | October 19 2010
USA: FiberMax most popular cottonseed brand in 2010
The Bayer CropScience FiberMax brand of upland cotton was the most popular planted in the United States for the 2010 growing season, according to the USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service, Cotton and Tobacco Programs.
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September 30 2010 Cotton varieties going global
September 20 2010 USDA Releases Cotton Variety Statistics from 2010
September 08 2010 Maximize cotton harvest
July 14 2010 Syngenta grants Bayer Cropscience GM cotton licence
July 12 2010 A chemical helps organic cotton
July 12 2010 Monsanto fined for misbranding violation
July 09 2010 Cotton's Global Genetic Resources
July 08 2010 Biotech crops make gains among U.S. farmers
June 09 2010 Technology reduces cotton insect sprays
June 07 2010 Unexpected support for biotechnology
May 17 2010 Genetically modified cotton stops one bug but fosters others
May 17 2010 Cold weather cotton issues
May 12 2010 Technology reducing cotton insecticide use
April 22 2010 Earth's true stewards
March 12 2010 New technology offers new challenges
March 12 2010 The Pros and Cons of Genetically Modified Seeds
February 11 2010 Insects bug Queensland's cotton industry
February 10 2010 Innovation improves cotton profitability
February 04 2010 Transgenics crucial to maintaining surface residue
February 02 2010 Monsanto defends Bt crops
