Broadcast Newsline: June 24, 2020

As the Department of Agriculture reviews and updates the commodities eligible for its Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), National Cotton Council Chairman, Kent Fountain, has called for Extra Long Staple, or Pima cotton, to be added as an eligible commodity under the program.

Today’s Cotton Newsline is 1 cut. It features Reece Langley, Vice President of Washington Operations for the National Cotton Council.

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As the Department of Agriculture reviews and updates the commodities eligible for its Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), National Cotton Council Chairman, Kent Fountain, has called for Extra Long Staple, or Pima cotton, to be added as an eligible commodity under the program. Reece Langley, Vice President of Washington Operations for the National Cotton Council, explains the cotton industry’s rationale for the eligibility request.

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