# Cotton Making Strong Strides – Lakeview Grains, LLC

> Cotton acreage in the US Cotton Belt has grown about 4 million acres since 2015 and is expected to rise 7% in 2018 to about 13.5 million acres, the highest since 2011. The 2017 US yield was a record 905 pounds per acre, and the Bipartisan Budget Act restored cottonseed access to ARC and PLC payments.

- Date: 2018-06-07 · published 2018-06-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64652-cotton-making-strong-strides-lakeview-grains-llc
- Commodities: [Cottonseed Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CSM.md)

## Why it matters

Expanding cotton plantings increase future cottonseed output available for crushing into meal, which is a bearish factor for feed ingredient prices over time.

## Sources

- lakeviewgrainsllc.com: https://www.lakeviewgrainsllc.com/cotton-making-strong-strides/

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