Source: SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 2/9/18


(Editor's note: The following article and information provided by Don Shurley, Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics, and Adam N. Rabinowitz, Assistant Professor and Extension Economist, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia.)

On Feb. 9, the U.S. Congress passed budget legislation that included the designation of seed cotton as a covered commodity under the 2014 farm bill. President Donald Trump signed the legislation into law. This document highlights the critical components about the new cotton program and treatment of Generic Base.

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