USDA Announces Cotton Plan to Bolster Demand

USDA Announces Cotton Plan to Bolster Demand

The Agriculture Department announced a new Great American Cotton Plan, saying it aims to strengthen cotton farm income, expand trade and increase demand for U.S.-grown cotton. USDA said the plan includes support for domestic textile manufacturing and a broader “Plant Not Plastic” initiative promoting cotton-based products. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the effort is intended to restore profitability for cotton producers and rural com…

US Launches ‘Great American Cotton Plan’ to Boost Cotton Over Synthetic Fibers

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the launch of the Great American Cotton Plan, which seeks to strengthen the domestic cotton farm economy through measures such as increasing demand for American-grown cotton products, in a May 28 statement. “The announcement comes as cotton producers face a fifth consecutive year of negative returns driven by rising input costs, trade distortions, and increasing competition from synthe…

USDA Launches Great America Cotton Plan - Cotton Southeast AgNET

AgNet Media image U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, announced the Great American Cotton Plan aimed to further strengthen the cotton farm economy and restore domestic textile manufacturing. Secretary Rollins said, “Since 1607, cotton has helped build and sustain rural America. Our farmers grow some of the highest quality cotton in the world, but over the last several years, America’s cotton growers have been crushed by rising costs, …