# Ginning cost-share payments helped, but cotton producers need more

> The National Cotton Council said USDA's $330 million ginning cost-share payment last summer helped US cotton producers. The council is pushing for a cottonseed policy as a bridge until the next farm bill.

- Date: 2017-03-04 · published 2017-03-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72103-ginning-cost-share-payments-helped-but-cotton-producers-need-more
- Commodities: [Cottonseed Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CSM.md)

## Why it matters

Support payments help keep cotton planted and ginned, which sustains cottonseed supply, but the policy debate has little immediate effect on feed meal prices.

## Read by commodity

- CSM: neutral

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/cotton/ginning-cost-share-payments-helped-but-cotton-producers-need-more

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