Marketing

• About Cotton USA, Cotton Council International - This organization is the export promotions program of Cotton Council International (CCI), the overseas market promotion arm of the National Cotton Council of America. COTTON USA promotes U.S. cotton fiber and manufactured cotton products in markets around the world.
• Cotton, International Cotton Advisory Committee and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
• Cotton and Wool Outlook, ERS, USDA, 2007.
• Cotton and Wool Yearbook, ERS, USDA, 2007. 
• Cotton Backgrounder, ERS, USDA, 2007.
• Cotton Council International (CCI) - The CCI is the export promotion arm of the National Cotton Council of America. Its mission is to increase exports of U.S. cotton, cottonseed and U.S. manufactured cotton products, from the initial mill buyer of cotton fiber or purchaser of U.S. cotton yarns and fabrics on through to the final consumer.
• Cotton Farming - This journal contains all aspects of cotton farming in the United States. The site links to different organizations in the United States. It has several articles on the practical aspects of the cotton crop. 
• The Cotton Foundation - The Cotton Foundation strengthens and expands markets for U.S. cotton.
• Cotton Incorporated - This multi-national company builds the market for cotton through research and promotion. The site has information on marketing, processing, research and extension on cotton in the United States and throughout the world.
• Cotton Marketing Weekly
• Cotton Outlook (International)
• The “Cotton Problem," World Bank, 2004 - This paper examines the trade policies and the market setting of the global cotton market.
• Cotton Production and Support in the United States, Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress, 2004 - This report provides U.S. policy makers with a complete overview of U.S. cotton production and the federal cotton subsidy programs that support that production.
• Cotton: World Markets and Trade, FAS, USDA, March 2008.
• Info Comm market Information, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Report - This organization deals with trade, investment and development issues. The site has information on crop characters, market scenarios and economic policies related to United States and the world over.
• International Cotton Advisory Committee
• International Cotton Marketing, Inc. - This company provides wholesale cotton brokering and distribution services, purchasing raw cotton fibers from Texas farmers and exporting its products to international locations.
• Journal of Cotton Science
• Marketing Reports and Links, King Cotton magazine.
• Market News Reports - Cotton Reports, AMS, USDA.
• Mexico Fields U.S. Cotton Exports, FAS, USDA - This gives brief information on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), its provisions and how it has affected the U.S. cotton trade. 
• National Cotton Council of America
• National Cottonseed Products Association - Trade association for the cottonseed processing industry. Products include cottonseed vegetable oil for cooking; cottonseed meal, a high protein supplement for livestock and poultry; hulls, a roughage for cattle feed; and linters, a cellulose feed stock for many industrial and consumer products.
• North Carolina Cotton Producers Association, Inc. - This association, Inc. is composed of cotton growers, elect formulators, fertilizer manufacturers, farm machinery dealers, warehousemen, cottonseed crushers, ginners and the NC Textile Manufacturers Association. Its main objective is to encourage and promote the efficient production, ginning, warehousing, handling, merchandising, manufacturing, and use of cotton, cotton seed, and cotton by-products.
• The United States and World Cotton Outlook, USDA, 2006 - This article gives the situation, consumption and outlook of cotton crops the world over and in the United States. It also gives a brief note on the mill use, exports and marketing details of U.S. cotton crops.

• U.S. Cotton, LLC - U.S. Cotton’s mission is to work toward manufacturing and marketing high-quality products that the company produces in different fields.

Processing/Manufacturing

• Exploring Cotton’s Mysteries, Resources Magazine, New Mexico State University, 2003.
• Cottonseed Feed Products for Beef Cattle, Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, 2002 - This publication contains information related to the nutrient composition and feeding management of whole cottonseed, cottonseed meal and hulls.
• When a Co-op Dies, Rural Cooperatives magazine, Rural Development, USDA, 2007 - A long-time gin, a casualty of California’s shrinking cotton industry, closes its doors.
  

• Above the Belt, Rural Cooperatives magazine, Rural Development, USDA, 2007 - Kansas farmers revive cotton production.
• Cotton, The New American Farmer, Sustainable Agriculture and Research Education (SARE), USDA.
• Cotton Growth and Development, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension, 2007 - Understanding the growth and development of the cotton plant helps producers grow a high-yielding, high-quality crop.
• Cotton Pathology Research Unit, ARS, USDA - This unit works to manage the most important and emerging cotton diseases occurring throughout the U.S. Cotton Belt. The unit focuses on mechanisms of cotton resistance to diseases, on pathogen genetics and metabolites, and on control/management of destructive nematodes.
• Cotton Production Information, Louisiana State University Ag Center.
• Cotton Production Information, University of California.
• Cotton Program, Texas A&M University.
• Cotton Research, Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University - Conducts research and Extension activities to solve crop concerns and transfer new information and technology to area producers.
• Drought Strategies for Cotton, New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service, 2003 - Timely, supplemental irrigation can bring in 200 to 400 pounds more lint per acre in cotton.
• Pest Management Guidelines – Cotton, University of California.
• The Sustainable Cotton Site

Links checked February 2008.