Source: Forrest Laws, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 7/21/17


The cotton industry’s long-standing efforts to have cottonseed designated as an “other oilseed” under the commodity title of the Agriculture Act of 2014 finally appear to be gaining some traction. The Senate Appropriations Committee’s FY 2018 agriculture appropriations bill contains a provision making cottonseed eligible for oilseed Price Loss Coverage or PLC payments in the 2014 farm bill. The House agricultural appropriations bill for FY 2018 contains similar language.

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