President Signs Measure to Aid Cotton & Dairy Producers, Provide Emergency Funding for Storm Damage & Flood Control
The cotton provisions are in legislation to keep the government open through
"I am grateful for the bipartisan effort to aid cotton producers, who have struggled with economic and other hardships for several years," Cochran said. "Making cotton producers in
Language in the bill will make cotton eligible for the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) program beginning with the 2018 crop year. This would put cotton producers on par with other major
Cochran worked with Appropriations Committee Vice chairman Senator
These provisions are an extension of work by Cochran and Leahy to include similar cotton and dairy provisions reflected in the committee-reported FY2018 Senate Agriculture Appropriations Bill.
This PLC and Margin Protection Program for dairy farmers would be in place as
Also of interest to
Additional information about the Further Continued Appropriations Act, 2018 is available here: http://bit.ly/2GWyWfT
Read this original document at: https://www.cochran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=ED5E5963-58DC-4FCE-B3A8-F4622F64757E
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