# Bipartisan Budget Act changes to cotton program require producer action - AgriLife Today

> The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 made seed cotton, including lint and cottonseed, a covered commodity eligible for PLC or ARC support starting with the 2018 crop. Texas A&M economist Joe Outlaw says producers must elect coverage, as failure to act defaults to PLC.

- Date: 2018-05-17 · published 2018-05-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65137-bipartisan-budget-act-changes-to-cotton-program-require-producer-action
- Commodities: [Cottonseed Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CSM.md)

## Why it matters

Pricing seed cotton as a weighted average of lint and cottonseed values gives cottonseed a policy-linked role in farm support, but this mainly affects program elections rather than near-term feed supply or prices.

## Read by commodity

- CSM: neutral

## Sources

- agrilifetoday.tamu.edu: https://agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2018/05/17/bipartisan-budget-act-changes-to-cotton-program-require-producer-action/

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