This report summarizes the activities and accomplishments in Cotton Economics Research during 1999/00, which is conducted within the Cotton Economics Research Institute at Texas Tech University. Many of the accomplishments summarized in this report would not have been possible without the...

The analysis of the West Texas and East Texas/Oklahoma spot market using the Daily Price Estimation System (DPES) indicated an overall increase in quality in the 2003/04 marketing year. The results also indicated an overall price increase compared to the last four years, averaging 63.68 cents a...

The 1997/98 Texas-Oklahoma producer cotton markets experienced a decrease in the average producer price of almost 5.5 cents/lb. from the previous marketing year. Overall, quality was generally high and differed little from the 1996 crop. The size of the 1997 crop increased significantly, while...

Funding for the Cotton Economics Research Special Item from the Texas legislature became effective on September 1, 1995, and by the end of 1998/99 fiscal year, the Cotton Economic Research Special-Item has been funded at $133,478 per year for four years. The first biennium (1995/96 1996/97)...

Funding from the Texas Legislature provides the base of support for the Cotton Economics Research Program at Texas Tech University. This funding, while not the major source of funds, is critical to the program because it gives the means to leverage faculty and student time and secure funding...

The volume of the Texas-Oklahoma spot cotton market analyzed by the Daily Price Estimation System (DPES) for the 2001/02 marketing year increased from 222,283 bales the previous year to 364,267 bales this year. The average price received by producers during the 2001/02 marketing year was 26.8...

Funding for the Cotton Economics Research line-item from the Texas Legislature became effective on September 1, 1995. During the first year, the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources and the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics established research priorities and...

This report summarizes the activities and accomplishments in Cotton Economics Research, which is conducted within the Cotton Economics Research Institute at Texas Tech University, during the 2000-2001 year. Of the $132,415 internal funding for the last year, $104,437 (79%) was allocated for...

The 1995 Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) provided for the calculated liberalization of the textiles and apparel sectors over a 10-year period except for some safeguard measures ending on December 31, 2008. These safeguard measures allowed for import restrictions by the U.S. on certain...