\nState Gazette, TN
\nSpecial to the State Gazette
\nA Lake County farmer will be part of a National Cotton Council leadership team scheduled to visit China this week to see its cotton industry development and continue building a relationship with U.S. raw cotton’s No. 1 customer.
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\nTiptonville’s John Lindamood will join NCC Vice Chairman Jay Hardwick, a Newellton, La., producer; C.B. “Chuck” Coley, Vienna, Geo.; and Eddie Smith, Floydada, Texas; along with warehousemen, Trent Felton, Marianna, Ark., and Dean Church, Lubbock, Texas; ginner, Sid Brough, Edroy, Texas; merchant, Cameron Austin, Dallas, Texas; and cooperative official, Jarral Neeper, Bakersfield, Calif. Dr. Gary Adams, NCC’s vice president, Economics & Policy Analysis, will accompany the group.<\/p>\n
“This visit continues a healthy dialogue and interaction between the U.S. and Chinese cotton industries,” Hardwick said.<\/p>\n
“Learning more about China’s cotton infrastructure, its standards, marketing practices, policies and their overall raw cotton needs will be invaluable in helping U.S. cotton continue to supply the type of fiber and service this rapidly growing country requires. Acquiring this in-depth understanding is essential to ensuring our industry’s competitiveness in today’s global marketplace.”<\/p>\n
This visit will build on previous China cotton industry familiarization trips by U.S. cotton leaders, including a fact-finding effort in October 2014 and a June 2014 mission in which U.S. cotton leaders and USDA officials updated Chinese cotton industry officials and mill buyers on U.S. cotton quality.<\/p>\n
The visits are part of the U.S.-China Cotton Leadership Exchange Program established by the NCC and the Chinese Cotton Association (CCA) in 2014. The visits are in accordance with a subsequent signed “Memorandum of Understanding” between the NCC and CCA that promised cooperation between the countries’ cotton industries.<\/p>\n
Among stops on the 2014 U.S. delegation tour will be a genetic engineering laboratory at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Beijing; seed field trials and a meeting with farmers in Hebei Province; the Huafu Yarn Mill and a seminar with merchants and textile manufacturers in Zhejing Province; and the Wuxi No. 1 Cotton Mill and warehouses\/consignment stocks in Jiangsu Province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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