Tour 5: 
Carolina Cotton

Cotton generates the second largest source of income for field crop farmers in North Carolina.  This tour will begin with a visit to Cotton Incorporated, which has improved every aspect of the cotton industry by contributing technical expertise to production-level research, fiber quality improvement, textile research, market trends and advertising.  The tour will then visit Syngenta Biotechnology Lab in the Research Triangle Park where they focus on managing crop genetics for improved plant traits.  They will highlight research being conducted to improve the economics of ethanol production, genetically modified plants to manage insects and also tour their greenhouse research facility.  Finally, we will conclude at a spinning mill where cotton is cleaned and spun into yarn.  Minimum age of 18 for industry tour.

 

Cotton Incorporated

 

Syngenta Biotechnology Lab

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