We don't have any hard statistics yet on all the damage done by Hurricane Katrina. Apparently the damage was minimal in the major cotton-producing areas of Mississippi and Louisiana.

It's an economic as well as an environmental catastrophe. Since 1995, businesses related to delta fishing have lost $4 billion -- boat dealers, marinas, restaurants, tackle shops -- everybody.

I do think there's probably a lot of questions among (US ) producers about what all this means. There's going to be an increased level of concern in the (WTO) process going forward.

We see it as granting access that could provide least-developed countries with the incentive to make improvements in quality and marketing.

In the way of crop losses, theres some localized areas that had losses, but on a widespread basis, we missed the most significant damage,

A referendum ...by High Point residents would certainly be a guiding force,