Readings
Related Amber Waves Articles
Market
Outlook
For information on current and previous baseline projections for
upland cotton, see the Market
Outlook chapter.
- Cotton and Wool Yearbook, annual
- U.S. Cotton Prices and the World Cotton Market: Forecasting and
Structural Change, Economic Research Report, September 2009
- Trends In U.S.
Cotton Basis Since 2001, Cotton and Wool Outlook
special report, June 2009
- The United States and World Cotton Outlook,
Agricultural Outlook
Forum Presentation, February 2006
- Characteristics and Production Costs of U.S.
Cotton Farms, Statistical Bulletin, October 2001
- Factors Affecting the U.S. Farm Price of Upland
Cotton,
Cotton and Wool Outlook special article, November
1998
Commodity
Policy
- Cotton
Backgrounder, Cotton and Wool Outlook special report,
March 2007
- Valuing
Counter-Cyclical Payments: Implications for Producer Risk
Management and Program Administration, Economic Research
Report, February 2007
- Cotton: Background and Issues for Farm
Legislation, Cotton and Wool Outlook special report,
August 2001
- Analysis of the U.S. Commodity Loan Program with
Marketing Loan Provisions, Agricultural Economic Report, April
2001
- Supply Response Under the 1996 Farm Act and
Implications for the U.S. Field Crops Sector, Technical
Bulletin, September 2000
-
An Economic Analysis of U.S. Total Fiber Demand
and Cotton Mill Demand,
Cotton and Wool
Outlook special article, November 1999
- Provisions of the Federal Agriculture Improvement
and Reform Act of 1996, Agricultural Information
Bulletin, September 1996
- The 1996 U.S. Farm Act Increases Market
Orientation, Agricultural Information Bulletin, August
1996
Trade
- Brazil's
Cotton Industry: Economic Reform and Development, June
2011.
- Fiber Use for
Textiles and China's Cotton Textile Exports, Cotton and
Wool Outlook special report, March 2009
- China's Cotton
Supply and Demand: Issues and Impact on the World Market,
Cotton and Wool Outlook special report, November 2007
- Progress and Problems Estimating China's Cotton
Supply and Demand,
Agricultural Outlook Forum Presentation, March 2007
-
U.S. Textile and Apparel Industries and Rural America, Web
page, August 2006 (see also the Amber Waves finding, Textile Trade Liberalization Brings Difficulties
to Some Rural Communities, September 2006)
- The World Bids Farewell to the Multifiber
Arrangement, Amber Waves, February 2006
- Estimating the Raw-Fiber Equivalent of U.S. Cotton
Textile and Apparel Imports, Amber Waves, September
2005
- Growth Prospects for India's Cotton and Textile
Industries, Cotton and Wool Outlook special report,
June 2005
- The Forces Shaping World Cotton Consumption After
the Multifiber Arrangement,
Cotton and Wool Outlook special report, April 2005
- The Changing World Network of Trade in Textiles
and Apparel, Amber Waves, September 2004 (see also the
ERS Bilateral
Fiber and Textile Trade Database)
- U.S. Cotton and the Appreciation of the
Dollar,
Agricultural Outlook, April 2002
- Regional Shifts in China's Cotton Production and
Use,
Cotton and Wool Outlook special article, November
2001
- The Agreement on Textiles and Clothing: Impact on
U.S. Cotton,
Cotton and Wool Outlook special article, November
2001
- The New Agricultural Trade Negotiations:
Background and Issues for the U.S. Cotton Sector, Cotton and Wool
Outlook special article, November 2000
- International Trade Agreements Bring Adjustment to
the Textile and Apparel Industries, Rural Conditions and
Trend Report, June 2000
- The Global Spin on Trade Policy for Cotton,
USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service special report, March 2000
- World Cotton Market: A Decade of Change, Agricultural Outlook, December
2000
- U.S. Cotton Production and Textile Imports Weave
New Relationship,
Agricultural Outlook, November 1998
- China's Cotton Sector Under Stress, Cotton and Wool
Outlook special article, November 1998
- U.S. and World Cotton Markets Diverge, Agricultural Outlook, September
1998
Biotechnology
Other Links
U.S. Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service,
Publications. Data on U.S. cotton acreage, ginnings, monthly
marketings, prices, production, and value.
World Agricultural Outlook Board. Monthly
supply and demand estimates for the United States and other
countries.
Foreign Agricultural Service, Cotton: World Markets
and Trade. Information on world cotton markets and trade.
Farm Service Agency, Commodity Operations.
Information on agricultural programs and other commodity
information.
Agricultural Marketing Service, Cotton Market News
Reports. Weekly cotton market review, cotton quality, and
prices.
National Agricultural Library, National
Agricultural Library Digital Repository (NALDR). Online
browsing of historical ERS Agricultural Economic Reports
and Agricultural Information Bulletins.
Other U.S. Government
Bureau of the Census, Consumption on the Cotton
System and Stocks. Information on U.S. cotton consumption and
stocks.
U.S.
Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel. Textile
agreements, trade data and trade preference programs.
Universities
Texas A&M University, Cotton Marketing
Planner. Information and educational resources related to
cotton.
Texas Tech University, Cotton Economics Research
Institute. Cotton economic information in published reports and
ongoing research projects.
North Carolina State University, Cooperative
Extension, Crop Production: Cotton. Information provided by the
Extension Service.
Mississippi State University, Delta Research and
Extension Center, Cotton Research. Ongoing cotton research and
extension work.
Other
International
Cotton Advisory Committee. Information on world cotton supply
and use to member countries having an interest in cotton
production, consumption, or trade.