[Sep 01, 2010] Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has said it favoured contract farming of cotton, also called the Integrated Cultivation of Cotton (ICC).

[Aug 31, 2010] Daewoo International Corp. and Korea Minting and Security Printing Corp. partnered to make an entry into the cotton pulp market by acquiring a cotton pulp manufacturing plant in Uzbekistan.

[Aug 31, 2010] In the news for farmers' suicides, the farm workers in Vidarbha have plenty of work due to the good spell of rains this season. Farm activist Vijay Jawandhiya, who confirmed the situation, said while Rs 500 a day wage would be rare but labourers getting Rs 250 was common.

[Aug 28, 2010] Cotton production in Australia is expected to increase 34 per cent in 2010-11 in response to 15-year high cotton prices and positive season conditions across major growing regions.

[Aug 28, 2010] Continuous rain in north India is forcing Punjab farmers to harvest cotton crop earlier than usual period.