Cotton Newsline: September 9, 2016
Representative Rick Crawford (R-AR), who chairs the House Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, said cotton farmers should have had "no problem" getting the 'other oilseed' designation for cottonseed under the 2014 farm bill's Price Loss Coverage program when cotton industry leaders went to USDA for the change.
Representative Rick Crawford (R-AR), who chairs the House Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, said cotton farmers should have had "no problem" getting the 'other oilseed' designation for cottonseed under the 2014 farm bill's Price Loss Coverage program when cotton industry leaders went to USDA for the change. Noting the Cotton Ginning Cost Share program will help in the short-term, he said the oilseed designation would have been better. At the National Cotton Council’s recent mid-year board meeting, he discussed the issues involved in getting the designation enacted into law and talked about an important consideration when it comes to food and fiber grown in the U.S.
