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NFU Comments on USDA Cottonseed Announcement
2016-02-03 22:41:55| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 3, 2016 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (February 3, 2016) The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today declined requests to designate cottonseed as an oilseed, citing a lack of authority and cost constraints. Such a designation would have provided struggling cotton farmers with more policy tools to help manage
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