Applied DNA will tag 27.5 million pounds of cotton in the US for the 2017/2018 ginning season. The company expects to ship Signature DNA to mark 27.5 million pounds of cotton before the end of June 2017. It will tag, test, and track cotton.
Applied DNA is a provider of DNA-based supply chain security, anti-counterfeiting, and anti-theft technology. It meets the need for supply chain traceability, transparency, and trust within the cotton industry ecosystem with national retailers, their supply chain partners, and consumers.
America’s cotton producers will plant nearly eight per cent more cotton in 2017 than they did in 2016. Texas will lead all states in cotton production by a wide margin. Growers in the state indicated they will plant 5,932,500 acres of cotton in 2017. That number represents an increase of more than 2, 00,000 acres over 2016. Acres are going to cotton from grains due to very good cotton yields in 2016 and lower grain prices.
As the nation’s leading producer of extra long staple cotton, California is set to plant 1, 36,605 acres of Pima in 2017. The state’s remaining upland acreage (nearly 60,000 acres) is heavily dependent on seed companies who produce seed cotton in California. Still, conditions are bright for increased acreage in California in 2017, provided sufficient water resources are available.
