Cotton Economics and Marketing - Wednesday Afternoon Session

Wednesday, January 7, 2009: 1:30 PM-6:00 PM
Salon C (Marriott Riverwalk Hotel)
Presiding:
George Frisvold
Organizer:
Stephen MacDonald
1:45 PM
The Impacts of the Textile Economic Adjustment Assistance Program on the U.S. and Global Cotton Markets
Suwen Pan, Cotton Economics Research Institute at Texas Tech University; Darren Hudson, Cotton Economics Research Institute at Texas Tech University; Don Ethridge, Cotton Economics Research Institute at Texas Tech University; Maria Mutuc, Cotton Economics Research Institute at Texas Tech University; Mohamadou Fadiga, Cotton Economics Research Institute at Texas Tech University
2:00 PM
Measures of Government Support to the Cotton Sector
Alejandro Plastina, International Cotton Advisory Committee; Armelle A. Gručre, International Cotton Advisory Committee; Andrei Guitchounts, International Cotton Advisory Committee
2:15 PM
Expiring Temporary Safeguards on Apparel Trade: Implications for U.S. Cotton
Maria Erlinda Mutuc, Cotton Economics Research Institute at Texas Tech University; Darren Hudson, Cotton Economics Research Institute at Texas Tech University; Don Ethridge, Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Texas Tech University; Samarendu Mohanty, International Rice Research Institute
2:30 PM
Structural Changes in U.S. Cotton Supply Relationships
Donna M. Mitchell, Texas A&M University; John R. C. Robinson, Texas A&M University
2:45 PM
An Evaluation of the Supplemental Revenue Assistance (SURE) Program and Impact on Cotton Farms of the Texas High Plains
Jay Yates, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; Jackie Smith, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; Shawn Wade, Plains Cotton Growers
3:00 PM
Basis Trends in U.S. Cotton Futures
Stephen A. MacDonald, USDA-ERS; Leslie A. Meyer, USDA-ERS
3:15 PM
USDA's Cotton Price Forecasts: Background and Methodology
Carol Skelly, USDA World Agricultural Outlook Board; Stephen A. MacDonald, Economic Research Service, USDA
4:00 PM
Impacts of Including Cottonseed Production in the Revenue Stream for Calculating Crop Insurance Coverage for Producers in the Lower Coastal Bend of Texas
Lawrence L. Falconer, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; Luis Ribera, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; Dan D. Fromme, Texas AgriLife Extension Service
4:30 PM
Mississippi Cotton and Corn Statistics
Thomas L. Gregory, USDA-NASS; Fred L. Shore, Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce
4:45 PM