The objective of this study was to develop a method to combine qualitative and quantitative components of the value of cotton breeding lines and varieties for selection purposes. A model has been developed that can be used ...

This paper investigates price discounts and premiums paid for cotton quality attributes by textile manufacturers for three US cotton producing regions. Data collected from textile firms in the 1997/98 marketing year (1997 ...

New approaches are being developed to improve the system for delivering cotton quality and market price information to the cotton industry. These include computerization of quality information, expanded use of market price ...

Textile processing results using cotton with different levels of bark from three different textile processing performance studies were analyzed individually to determine the economic effect of bark in cotton on textile ...

This paper investigates the price premiums and discounts paid by U.S. textile mills for different cotton quality attributes. The study examines the pricing of cotton from four different growing regions: South, Southwest, ...

An analysis was conducted to determine the financial viability of a Gin Process Control (GPC) system developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture at Stoneville, Mississippi. cost, energy, and performance estimates were ...

This analysis examines the extent to which inaccuracies in the Daily Spot Cotton Quotations (DSCQ) have caused the CCC loan schedule to misrepresent the Texas and Oklahoma producer cotton market premiums and discounts. The ...

Hedonic price analysis as it applies to analyzing and understanding how cotton prices are affected by quality attributes is discussed. Two hedonic studies on cotton are described and results presented as a means of ...

A computerized model for estimating cotton ginning costs over a wide range of assumptions has been developed employing an economic-engineering or synthetic modeling technique. Resulting cost relationships are useful for ...

Information on prices of commodities that are. differentiated by quality is important for understanding how the markets where these goods are traded operate. Hedonic price analysis provides a means to address this issue. ...