Michael UguliniCotton: Americot, Inc...and more
January 26th 2009 16:26
Americot, Inc. is an enterprise that began in 1987. Their headquarters are in Lubbock, Texas, and they are the second largest cotton seed company in the Southwest based on market share. Americot provides Southwest, Mid-South, and Southeast cotton growers with quality planting seeds. Nationwide in the U.S. they are the third largest cotton seed company.
The Company's planting seeds offer high yield potential and excellent fiber quality. Their Americot and NexGen cotton seed comes in single gene Roundup Ready Flex, stacked Bollgard II/Roundup Ready Flex, and single gene Roundup Ready.
Americot manages breeding nurseries in Arkansas, Tennessee, and Texas. This is so they can develop broadly adapted varieties of cotton. An example of a cotton seed type the Company markets is the aforementioned Bollgard II/Roundup Ready Flex. This type of seed has early maturity, has excellent yield potential with a good fiber package, and can plant where early season varieties are desired. The cotton that results from this seed will have a smooth leaf hair and the plant will grow to a medium height.
For today's cotton farmer technology will be very important. There will always be economic highs and lows farmers will have to deal with. On top of that, there are always price fluctuations and issues related to trade, weather, and infestation. However, technology will help producers compete on the worldwide market.
The future for cotton farmers is in using existing technology efficiently as applies to an enterprise's operations. The technology has to be feasible from a practical and financial perspective. Farmers must also evaluate new technologies that come on line that may aid their growing operations. Technology can help a producer's chance for having better crop yields and fiber quality.
You can learn more about cotton by clicking here..."Cotton Incorporated"
Cotton trades on the New York Mercantile Exchange Inc. (NYMEX). The NYMEX is the world's largest physical commodity futures exchange. The trading unit for cotton on the exchange is 50,000 pounds. It's traded there in U.S dollars and cents per pound and the minimum price increment is one hundredth of a cent ($.0001) per pound. The trading symbol for cotton is TT.
Cotton is the world's most widely used natural fiber for clothing. It's used in a variety of industries including the textile, coffee filter, and paper printing industries.
Cotton is a soft, staple fiber that grows in a form known as a boll around the seeds of the cotton plant. Cotton is native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world. Cotton requires a lengthy frost-free period, lots of sunshine, and moderate rainfall. Most cotton in the United States, Europe, and Australia harvests mechanically. This is by a cotton picker, which is a machine that removes the cotton from the boll without damaging the cotton plant. It also harvests by a cotton stripper, which strips the entire boll off the plant.
More cotton links:
Memphis Cotton Museum
The Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum
WATCH A PAIR OF JEANS GET MADE WITH COTTON!
The Company's planting seeds offer high yield potential and excellent fiber quality. Their Americot and NexGen cotton seed comes in single gene Roundup Ready Flex, stacked Bollgard II/Roundup Ready Flex, and single gene Roundup Ready.
For today's cotton farmer technology will be very important. There will always be economic highs and lows farmers will have to deal with. On top of that, there are always price fluctuations and issues related to trade, weather, and infestation. However, technology will help producers compete on the worldwide market.
The future for cotton farmers is in using existing technology efficiently as applies to an enterprise's operations. The technology has to be feasible from a practical and financial perspective. Farmers must also evaluate new technologies that come on line that may aid their growing operations. Technology can help a producer's chance for having better crop yields and fiber quality.
You can learn more about cotton by clicking here..."Cotton Incorporated"
Cotton trades on the New York Mercantile Exchange Inc. (NYMEX). The NYMEX is the world's largest physical commodity futures exchange. The trading unit for cotton on the exchange is 50,000 pounds. It's traded there in U.S dollars and cents per pound and the minimum price increment is one hundredth of a cent ($.0001) per pound. The trading symbol for cotton is TT.
Cotton is the world's most widely used natural fiber for clothing. It's used in a variety of industries including the textile, coffee filter, and paper printing industries.
Cotton is a soft, staple fiber that grows in a form known as a boll around the seeds of the cotton plant. Cotton is native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world. Cotton requires a lengthy frost-free period, lots of sunshine, and moderate rainfall. Most cotton in the United States, Europe, and Australia harvests mechanically. This is by a cotton picker, which is a machine that removes the cotton from the boll without damaging the cotton plant. It also harvests by a cotton stripper, which strips the entire boll off the plant.
More cotton links:
Memphis Cotton Museum
The Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum
WATCH A PAIR OF JEANS GET MADE WITH COTTON!
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