The cotton industry helps meet our clothing needs and significantly impacts the global economy by supporting millions of livelihoods. The way we grow and manufacture cotton products has evolved from ...

A field of a genetically modified variety of cotton called Bt Cotton with inbuilt insecticide resistance, in India. Cotton's environmental impacts are well-publicized (if not well-understood), ...

Organic cotton production is down from a decade ago, and remains a tiny fraction of global supply, accounting for under 1 per cent of total cotton production. That poses a problem for the many fashion ...

It was perfect for the fertile soil settlers found in the area that fueled migration into territory originally settled by Native Americans. It lured Americans to flood the region and grow the crop, ...

In 1994, Ayman Nassar, an Egyptian-American who grew up in California, briefly abandoned his studies at the University of Colorado and followed his older brother to Egypt. “There were so many ...

John Deere said it will spend $29.8 million to expand its Thibodaux plant, a move that will create 70 jobs and allow the company to shift cotton harvester manufacturing from China to the U.S. The new ...

Cotton grown in Uzbekistan is to be sold at a rate pegged to prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange following a May 6 presidential decree in support of the textile industry. The move toward a ...

The reinforcement of cotton lint and yarn output indicates improvement in the field. In January-November 2025, Azerbaijan ...

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