# New Year Cotton Policy Update - Cotton Farming

> A cotton policy update outlines how cotton lost covered-commodity status under the 2014 Farm Bill and how the sector has pushed to make cottonseed an eligible oilseed under Title I. It describes the Stacked Income Protection Plan and the generic base issue.

- Date: 2018-02-01 · published 2018-02-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66619-new-year-cotton-policy-update-cotton-farming
- Commodities: [Cottonseed Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CSM.md)

## Why it matters

Policy changes affecting cotton support shape US cotton acreage and therefore cottonseed meal supply, but the update itself does not move prices immediately.

## Read by commodity

- CSM: neutral

## Sources

- cottonfarming.com: https://www.cottonfarming.com/special-report/new-year-cotton-policy-update/

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