National Cotton Council- Cotton Newsline: February 27, 2024
Today’s Cotton Newsline is 1 cut. It features Tillman White, Program Manager for the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol.
Suggested Introduction 1:
Tillman White, Program Manager for the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol, reminds growers currently enrolled in the initiative and participating in Level 1 of the Climate Smart Cotton Program to upload their 2023 bales by March 1 in order to receive payment.
The Climate Smart Cotton program began less than one year ago and has already approved applications for 778 farming entities of the 1,650 available. To date, close to $1.5 million in payments have been made to growers, with more planned before March 30.
For assistance with uploading bales ahead of the March 1 deadline, growers are encouraged to reach out to their gin. For more details growers should visit TrustUSCotton.org and for questions email info@trustuscotton.org.
