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• Dry climate eliminates feral population issues.
• This offers complete control for Law Enforcement
• It also satisfies environmental concerns regarding invasive species.
• Dry Climate also enhances fiber processing.
• After the stalk is retted, northern processors must use heat to fully dry them prior to separation. Humidity over 30% causes inefficiency in a mechanical separation process.
• Irrigated farmland
• Important for consistency of fiber product
• Assurance to end users of uninterrupted supply
• Low rainfall provides predictable production
• Reduced crop insurance costs
• Existing infrastructure
• Most equipment needed is on farms now
• Oilseed processing can be done at existing cottonseed presses
• Fiber industry relationships
• Surplus water going to California!
• This is our water by ratified treaty
• Much of it actually belongs to local Indian Tribes
• 300+ days of sunshine.
• Enables 2-5 crops per year, depending on end use
• Predictable production
• Declining cotton industry.
• Cotton is a high chemical & water user
• Market in a steady decline
• Corresponding decline in planted acreage
• Dependent on government price supports
• Local production reduces cost
• Perishable high value seed oil
• Fuel & Energy production reduces reliance on imports
• Transportation savings in all market segments
• Rural development
• Put acreage back into production
• Processing facilities
• Local jobs
• Access new markets with cutting edge materials
• Environmentally sound crop beneficial in rotation with other crops