# Low Cottonseed Prices Bring New Challenges - Cotton Farming

> 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.

- Date: 2017-11-01 · published 2017-11-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68110-low-cottonseed-prices-bring-new-challenges-cotton-farming
- Commodities: [Cottonseed Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CSM.md)

## Why it matters

Weak cottonseed revenue can reduce cotton acreage and ginning throughput over time, which limits the domestic supply of cottonseed meal for feed.

## Read by commodity

- CSM: neutral

## Sources

- cottonfarming.com: https://www.cottonfarming.com/cottons-agenda/low-cottonseed-prices-bring-new-challenges/

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