[1] Other goals include doing more research to improve cotton growth and promoting it to enhance marketing potential.
[6] As a result, foreign nations were encouraged to purchase agricultural products from the United States, including cotton.
In 1956, the Agricultural Act of 1956 imposed protectionist restrictions on imports of foreign cotton into the United States.
[6] Later that year, Cotton Council International was formed; its goal was to assist the Foreign Agricultural Service division of USAID.
[6] From 1971 to 1973, the council spearheaded efforts to remove boll weevils from cotton fields in Southern Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana, leading to greater productivity.