1:30 PM

Welcoming Remarks

1:35 PM

Estimating U.S. Household Demand for Cotton Products: Revising USDA Data
Leslie A. Meyer, USDA-ERS; Stephen MacDonald, USDA-ERS; Bradley White, Graduate Student, University of Delaware

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1:50 PM

Exploring U.S. Apparel Demand with the Lifestyle Monitor
Jon Devine, Cotton Incorporated

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2:05 PM

Cotton, Polyester and Oil Prices
Alejandro Plastina, International Cotton Advisory Committee

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2:20 PM

Inside China's Polyester Fiber Industry: Why the Capacity Overhang?
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; M. Dean Ethridge, Fiber & Biopolymer Research Institute- Texas Tech University

2:35 PM

The Impact of India's Minimum Support Price On World Cotton Markets
Suwen Pan, Cotton Economics Research Institute at Texas Tech University; Darren Hudson, Cotton Economics Research Institute at Texas Tech University; Maria Mutuc, Cotton Economics Research Institute at Texas Tech University

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2:50 PM

Central Asian Cotton Industry Structure and Policies
Shavkat Bazarov, Texas Tech Unviersity; Darren Hudson, Cotton Economics Research Institute at Texas Tech University; Don Ethridge, Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Texas Tech University; Olga Murova, Texas Tech Unviersity

3:05 PM

Brazil's Cotton Production: Progress, Prospects and Probems
James A. Kiawu, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

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3:20 PM

The Impact of Global Financial Crisis On Chinese Cotton Production
Fangbin Qiao, CEMA, Central Univeristy of Finance and Economics; Zhan Lin, CEMA, Central Univeristy of Finance and Economics

Audio File Recorded presentation

3:35 PM

Break

4:00 PM

Developments in the Estimation of China's Cotton Supply and Demand
Carol Skelly, USDA World Agricultural Outlook Board; Hunter Colby, USDA World Agricultural Outlook Board; James Johnson, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service

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4:15 PM

Cotton Production in Xinjiang, China
Mechel Paggi, California State University, Fresno; Fangbin Qiao, CEMA, Central University of Finance and Economics; Yanqin Guo, School of Economics, Xinjiang Univ. of Finance and Economics

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4:30 PM

International Market Structure and the Impacts of Market Distortions From Domestic Subsidies: The U.S. Cotton Case
Suwen Pan, 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; Maria Mutuc, Cotton Economics Research Institute at Texas Tech University

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4:45 PM

Market-Enhanced Technological Integration in Favor of Widespread Bt-Cotton Use in Yangtze River Valley (China)
Michel Fok, CIRAD; Naiyin Xu, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Industrial Crops

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5:00 PM

Production and Financial Benchmarks for Texas Cotton Producers
Jason L. Johnson, Texas Cooperative Extension; M.W. Polk, Texas AgriLife Extension; Rob Hogan, Texas A&M University

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5:15 PM

Picker versus Stripper Harvesters on the High Plains of Texas
William Brock Faulkner, Texas A&M University; John Wanjura, USDA-ARS; R. K Boman, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; B.W. Shaw, Texas A&M University

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5:30 PM

Regional Economic Impact of Irrigated Versus Dryland Agriculture in the Texas High Plains
Jay Yates, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; Jackie Smith, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; Jeff Pate, Texas AgriLife Extension Service; J. W. Johnson, Texas Tech University and Texas Agricultural Experiment Station; Justin A. Weinheimer, Texas Tech University; Rebekka Dudensing, Texas AgriLife Extension Service

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5:45 PM

Energy and Carbon: Considerations for High Plains Cotton
Justin A. Weinheimer, Texas Tech University; Phillip N. Johnson, Texas Tech University

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6:00 PM

Concluding Remarks

Cotton Economics & Marketing - Wednesday Afternoon Session