cotton growers

Cotton Farm Bill Program in the Works, Long Road Ahead

Dan Cotton, Farm Bill, Industry News Release

cotton farm billSupport for cotton growers is in the works, albeit a slow process. The National Cotton Council’s Jody Campiche, director of economics and policy, says getting a farm bill program established is a top priority for the sector.

Program

Long-term, Campiche says a seed cotton program is the council’s preference.

Preference

She says cotton growers need more support. While prices for cotton are a bit higher now, operating costs have not gone down, and Campiche says struggling producers will have trouble meeting their operating loans in 2018.

From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service.