Evidence of cotton being grown, spun and woven into cloth can be traced as far back as 3,000 BC in the valleys of the Indus and Nile rivers of Pakistan and Egypt. The invention of the cotton ...

The U.S. produced more cotton and rice in 2024 than 2023. The USDA says upland cotton production was 13.946 million bales, up ...

Some of the best-known global apparel brands procured cotton grown in Indian farms that employ child and bonded laborers, a report by a United States-based rights group alleged on Tuesday. An ...

China is targeting more Western clothes retailers as international backlash grows over claims of abuses in the cotton-growing Xinjiang ... Uighur minority group are being used as forced labour.

China is one of the world's top cotton producers and most of its crop is grown in Xinjiang. Rights groups say Xinjiang's Uighur minority are being persecuted and recruited for forced labour.

Cover crops are going into the ground and protocols are being written for a Research-led project designed to help producers ...

"It's been a steep learning curve … but now we're starting to see some increased yields and productivity which we know we can grow up there," he said. While cotton can grow in the west ...

Some of the best-known global apparel brands procured cotton grown in Indian farms that employ child and bonded labourers, a report by a US-based rights group alleged Tuesday.

New Delhi, India — Some of the best-known global apparel brands procured cotton grown in Indian farms that ... while those between 14 and 18 are barred from being employed in hazardous occupations.