Lubbock, Texas
May 6, 2008
Program to promote confidence,
maximize value-added potential
To help growers achieve the maximum value potential for their
high-quality
Certified FiberMax Cotton™,
Bayer CropScience
has selected three outstanding U.S. cotton merchants as
exclusive partners for the 2008 Certified FiberMax Cotton
program.
The three Certified FiberMax Cotton merchants – Allenberg Cotton
in Cordova, Tenn., Knowles-Taylor Cotton in Matador, Texas, and
Queensland Cotton in Dallas, Texas – will work cooperatively
with Bayer CropScience to promote Certified FiberMax Cotton as
premium fiber to mills worldwide.
“We are extremely pleased to partner with these three respected
merchants,” said Richard Shaw, Certified FiberMax manager, Bayer
CropScience. “The Certified FiberMax Cotton merchants program is
another step in our continuing efforts to build closer
relationships with mills worldwide. It will improve the
reliability of supply for mills while improving the potential
for growers, through these merchants, to benefit from the
premium quality of FiberMax lint through our certification
program.”
Demand for Certified FiberMax Cotton has steadily increased from
mills around the world, Shaw continued. This collaboration
allows merchants to create additional demand for the quality
fiber. The Certified FiberMax Cotton program assures spinners
and textile manufacturers they are receiving genuine FiberMax®
cotton that provides the spinability they have come to expect.
Growers who register their bales for certification will be in a
better position to take advantage of the increased profit
potential created through the Certified FiberMax Cotton program,
Shaw said.
As in years past, growers interested in participating in the
Certified FiberMax Cotton program can sign up their bales at
www.CertifiedFiberMax.com.
Bayer CropScience will issue certificates of authenticity only
for validated bales sold to mills and purchased from one of the
three Certified FiberMax merchants. The Certified FiberMax
merchants program is another step by Bayer CropScience to assure
quality cotton delivery from the field to mills worldwide.
For more information about the Certified FiberMax Cotton
program, call (806) 765-8844, contact your local Bayer
CropScience seed and technology representative or visit
www.CertifiedFiberMax.com.
Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the
fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials. Bayer
CropScience AG, a subsidiary of Bayer AG with annual sales of
about EUR 5.8 billion (2007), is one of the world’s leading
innovative crop science companies in the areas of crop
protection, non-agricultural pest control, seeds and plant
biotechnology. The company offers an outstanding range of
products and extensive service backup for modern, sustainable
agriculture and for non-agricultural applications. Bayer
CropScience has a global workforce of about 17,800 and is
represented in more than 120 countries.
Always read and follow label instructions.
Bayer (reg’d), the Bayer Cross (reg’d), Certified FiberMax
Cotton™ and FiberMax® and are trademarks of Bayer. |
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