Today’s Cotton Newsline is 3 cuts. All cuts are Reece Langley, Vice President of Washington Operations for the National Cotton Council.
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This week in Washington, the National Cotton Council has been working closely with the Department of Agriculture and others within the federal government as agencies respond to the COVID-19 outbreak across the U.S. Reece Langley, Vice President of Washington Operations for the Council, joins us with more details on what the ag community faces.
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Also, producers in coastal areas of the cotton belt are reminded that USDA has made available for this growing season a hurricane endorsement crop insurance product that can be purchased along with the underlying policy.
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And shifting our focus back to the response to the COVID-19 outbreak, this week the National Cotton Council joined other business and agriculture groups on two letters sent to the Administration and Congressional leadership regarding economic relief measures and potential supply chain disruptions for farm inputs.
