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US cotton and cottonseed returns have fallen well short of production costs since 2014, and cottonseed prices of $130 to $150 a ton often fail to cover ginning costs. The National Cotton Council is seeking a ginning cost-share program to offset part of producers' 2016 crop ginning costs.
Weak cottonseed revenue can reduce cotton acreage and ginning throughput over time, which limits the domestic supply of cottonseed meal for feed.
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