Jan 21, 2021
Topics of discussion include:
Georgia Cotton Commission Update – Lee Cromley, Director – Taylor Sills, Executive Director
2020 Season-in-Review & Discussion on Seed Coat Fragments (SCF) – Darryl Earnest, Deputy Administrator, USDA AMS Cotton & Tobacco Program – Dr. Ed Barnes, Senior Director of Agricultural & Environmental Research, Cotton Incorporated
Boll Weevil Eradication in Georgia & the United States Status – Bart Davis, Chairman, BWEF of Georgia, Inc. – Alan Lowman, Executive Director, BWEF of Georgia, Inc. – Dr. Phillip Roberts, Extension Entomologist, University of Georgia
U.S. House Committee on Agriculture Update – Congressman David Scott, Chairman
U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol Update – Matt Coley, Producer Director
Georgia Farm Bureau Update– Tom McCall, President
Delta Farm Press Staff
“Sustainability is important to our growers not only because that s where the market is going, but also from the environmental perspective being in the Midsouth,” Lori Duncan said. Sustainability is a top priority for producers, brands, and consumers. Panelists during the online Beltwide Cotton Conference discussed why sustainable fiber matters across the industry.
During the 2021 online Beltwide Cotton Conference, a group of panelists discussed why sustainable fiber matters, and how the shift in the market demand is changing the narrative.
The panel of sustainable fiber experts was made up of the Textile Exchange CEO along with U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol Board of Director members.
January 14, 2021
MEMPHIS, Tenn. January 14, 2021 Today the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol welcomed its first Latin America-based members: Central America Spinning Works El Salvador, Cone Mills, Colhilados, Fabricato, Gama Textil, Global Textiles, Grupo Industrial Miro, Grupo Vivatex, Hilanderia de Algodon Peruano, Honduras Spinning Mills, Industrias Cannon de Colombia, Industrias Merlet, Industria Textil del Pacifico, Junior de Mexico (OGGI Jeans), Manufacturas Kaltex, MT Textiles, OA, Playeras Mark, Premium Knits, Quality Knits, Ropa Siete Leguas, SJ Jersey Ecuatoriano, Tavex, Textufil, Textiles Marie Lou, Textil del Valle, WT Sourcing and Zagis. Among other benefits, membership enables these mills and manufacturers to prove that the cotton fiber element in their textiles is more sustainably grown.
Global apparel markets: business update, December 2020
This report provides information, analysis and valuable insight into developments relating to the global apparel industry.
6th January 2021
Report summary
This report provides information, analysis and valuable insight into developments relating to the global apparel industry in the following categories: acquisitions, divestments and mergers; business news; corporate social responsibility (CSR); corporate strategy; COVID-19; environmental sustainability; events; and traceability.
Brands, companies, initiatives and organisations featured in this report include: Aquafil, Authentic Brands Group (ABG), Brooks Brothers, Cone Denim, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Fashion for Good, Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture (Field to Market), Gap, Inditex, IndustriALL Global Union, Kering, Kontoor Brands, Lenzing Group (Lenzing), Oritain, Première Vision, SPARC Group (SPARC), Textile Exchange, the US Cotton Trust P