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Mitigating cotton revenue risk through irrigation, insurance, and/or hedging
(2009-05-15)
Texas is the leading U.S. producer of cotton, and the U.S. is the largest international
market supplier of cotton. Risks and uncertainties plague Texas cotton producers with
unpredictable weather, insects, diseases, and ...
An empirical simulation analysis on cotton marketing strategies in west Texas
(2009-05-15)
The three marketing strategies, buying a put option, cash sale at harvest, and cash sale in
June after December harvest, are simulated for six representative irrigated and dryland
cotton farms in West Texas. Each marketing ...
A study of programmed cell death in cotton (gosypium hirsutum) fiber
(2009-05-15)
Cotton fiber has been postulated to undergo a process of programmed cell death (PCD) during the maturation phase of development. A parallel may exist between cotton fibers and xylem tracheary elements, which have periods ...