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Cotton Brings Functional and Marketable Benefits to Nonwovens Products The growing nonwovens category presents opportunities for the cotton industry, as well as for nonwovens manufacturers who elect to include cotton fiber in their products. Cotton’s natural structure and attributes provide functional and marketable benefits for consumer, institutional, and industrial products. Industries as diverse as consumer products, healthcare, and automotive are seeing the positive impact of including cotton fiber. The personal care sector for example, has found cotton to be a valuable raw material for wipes as it performs better than synthetics and appeals to consumers. why cotton woman - Why Cotton?
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Despite what the groundhog predicted, spring conditions have arrived in Texas, and farmers like Bob Reed in Matagorda County are hard at work.
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Researchers found that soil in semi-arid regions like the Texas Southern High Plains can be just as healthy as those in climates with higher annual rainfall amounts.
Read moreAs sure as wind will gust across the West Texas plains in springtime, folks up there will plant cotton, even in years rife with challenge, since cotton is crucial for the agricultural economy.
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The cotton plant will bloom about 8 to 10 weeks after the seed is planted. These blooms start out as yellow or white and once pollinated turn pink and falls off. At the base of the flower bud is the cotton boll and inside that are about 32 cotton seeds with fiber.
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Organized in 1956 by cotton producers from across the High Plains production region, PCG is a non-profit producer organization composed of cotton producers from the Texas High Plains. Leadership consists of a Board of Directors and a staff of six.
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Brownfield softball coach Zoey Garcia (center) accepts the Class 3A Division I bi-district trophy after the Lady Cubs defeated Kermit on Friday at the Seminole ISD Softball Field
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