# Ginners want companies’ help with cottonseed traits

> Mid-South cotton ginners and growers are asking seed companies to commercialise ultra-low gossypol cottonseed and to breed larger seed sizes. Ginners say the focus on lint quality has reduced seed size, causing equipment problems and seed losses during ginning.

- Date: 2018-07-26 · published 2018-07-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64146-ginners-want-companies-help-with-cottonseed-traits
- Commodities: [Cottonseed Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CSM.md)

## Why it matters

Changes in seed traits could eventually expand the use of cottonseed in feed, but the effect on near-term supply and meal prices is limited.

## Read by commodity

- CSM: neutral

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/cotton/ginners-want-companies-help-with-cottonseed-traits

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