Suggested introduction for cut one:
If you have your cotton classed by USDA, be ready to pay twenty cents more per bale for the 2004 crop. According to Norma McDill, deputy administrator of USDA's Cotton Program, a formula included in the Uniform Cotton Classing Fees Act of 1987 determines classing costs, and this year the formula indicates an increase is needed.
Suggested introduction for cut two:
Effective July 1, the proposed user fee of $1.65 per bale is not the highest price producers have had to pay for classing services.
Suggested introduction for cut three:
USDA estimates nearly 35,000 cotton growers use cotton classing services annually.
Suggested introduction for cut four:
McDill explains there are several advantages in submitting cotton to USDA for classing
