BWCC 2020 to provide insight on latest research & tech
Tue Aug 13 2019
The 2020 Beltwide Cotton Conferences (BWCC), set for January 8-10,
2020, at JW Marriott in Austin, Texas, will update attendees on latest research
and technology. The forum helps US cotton industry members tailor new products
and production/processing systems to their operations for maximum efficiency.
BWCC is coordinated by the National Cotton Council (NCC).
The event annually brings together university and USDA researchers,
extension personnel/agents, consultants, and industry sales/support personnel.
The 2020 BWCC will begin at noon on January 8 with the half-day Cotton
Consultants Conference – open to all attendees. Among topics selected by the
consultant community for consideration on the 2020 programme are: an expert
panel of entomologists to discuss timely topics ranging from BT resistance to
results of testing Bollgard 4. Among other key issues receiving a focus will be
water restrictions, including the status of aquifers across the Cotton Belt; an
update on precision agriculture technology; a discussion of EPA’s role in the
plant protection chemicals’ review and registration processes; and a briefing
on a multi-state potash study.
The 10 BWCC cotton technical conferences, which will provide updates
on research and current/emerging technology, will meet concurrently beginning
on the morning of January 9 and conclude by noon on January 10.
The Engineering-Systems Conference will feature presentations on
sustainability and contamination prevention while the Economics Conference will
cover such topics as crop insurance, disaster assistance and trade. The Ginning
Conference will continue to provide a focus on efficient processing/maintaining
quality fibre along with updates regarding ongoing ginning research, ginning
efficiencies, new equipment, and lint contamination prevention/research.
Beginning on the afternoon of January 8, multiple committees of the
National Cotton Ginners Association will hold meetings. Among other topics to
be covered in the technical sessions are results from breeding and variety
trials, research looking at the relationship between plants and water; and
cotton’s competitive advantage over synthetic fabrics.
Source: https://www.fibre2fashion.com/