THE AG SIDE
The Texas A&M Agri-Life Extension Service offices in Milam and Bell counties will present a multi-county 2018 Seed Cotton Provision Workshop on Friday (Aug. 3).
The program will be from 8 to 10 a.m. at the Buckholts Community Center, 110 West Main in Buckholts.
Registration is free and will start at 7:30.
Breakfast and coffee will be provided.
The multi-county Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service program will address the cotton seed provision of the Bipartisan Budget Act.
This workshop is about the seed cotton provision of the Bipartisan Budget Act that established seed cotton as a covered commodity, allowing cotton farmers to receive assistance when prices are low.
Dr. Joe Outlaw, AgriLife Extension economist, and co-director of the Agricultural and Food Policy Center will present information on the Bipartisan Budget Act.
Kevin Humphrey, Milam County FSA Director, will provide a Farm Service Agency Update.
Here’s the program schedule:
• 8 a.m., Farm Service Agency Update, Humphrey.
• 8:30 a.m., Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 authorized changes to seed cotton, Dr. Outlaw.
• 10 a.m., adjourn.
Attendees must RSVP by 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 2.
Call the Milam County office at 254-697-7045 or the Bell County office at 254-933-5305.
According to cottongrower.com , changes include:
• “Seed cotton” will be eligible for Price Loss Coverage (PLC) beginning with the 2018 crop. “Seed cotton” is unginned upland cotton that includes both lint and seed.
• Effective with the 2018 crop, there will no longer be generic base on a farm. Generic base is former cotton base on a farm under the 2008 farm bill.
• There will no longer be temporary base earned and eligible for ARC/PLC for acres planted to covered commodities (peanuts, corn, soybeans, wheat, etc).
• Landowners will have options on how to convert generic base to seed cotton base or to base of seed cotton and other covered commodities (peanuts, corn, soybeans, wheat, etc) based on planting history of 2009-2012.
• Landowners will have 90 days to make the decision on generic base conversion.
• The seed cotton PLC payment yield will be 2.4 times the CCP (Countercyclical payment) yield for upland cotton established in the 2008 farm bill.
Landowners will have the option to keep this yield or update the yield to 90% of the average yield for 2008-2012.
- Log in or Subscribe to post comments.