Cotton Economics & Marketing - Tuesday Early Afternoon

Tuesday, January 7, 2014: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Preservation Hall Studio 9 (New Orleans Marriott)
1:30 PM
A Study of the Cotton Sector of Turkey: Implications for US Cotton Exports
Srinivasa Konduru, California State University, Fresno; Fumiko Yamazaki, California State University, Fresno; Mechel Paggi, California State University, Fresno
1:45 PM
Cotton Futures Price Variability: The Role of China's Cotton Inventory Policy
Shaikh M Rahman, Texas Tech University; Bushra F Khan, Texas Tech University
2:00 PM
Does Yield and Lint Price Variability Affect Feasibility of Transgenic Cotton in West Texas?
Robert J Hogan, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension; Jason L Johnson, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
2:15 PM
Weather Extremes and the Costs of Cotton Acreage Abandonment
George B. Frisvold, University of Arizona, Dept. of Ag & Resource Economics; Gan Jin, University of Hawaii; Ting Bai, University of Arizona, Dept. of Ag & Resource Economics
2:30 PM
Additional Strategies for Drought Failed Cotton Crops
Robert J Hogan, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension; Jason L Johnson, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension; Bruce Carpenter, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
2:45 PM
Effects of Climate Change Legislation on US Cotton Producers
George B. Frisvold, University of Arizona, Dept. of Ag & Resource Economics; Kazim Konyar, California State University, San Bernardino