It was May of 1984 while living in Japan; I received a call that our company had bought George H. MCFadden Co. I was told we had a 50% ownership in a gin in Australia and I was to go check it out ASAP.

Cotton production Is the most intensive of all the broadacre industries in Australia, and the science behind the production of cotton is extensive.

Cotton production in Australia is a high-tech industry.

Marketing, specifically generic marketing, must be one of the linchpins of any strategy to &quote;cover our future&quote;. The fact that generic marketing must be done is a given.

Cotton's share of world textile fibre consumption is falling and now equals less than 45%, down about five percentage points since 1986 when cotton's share was 50%.