Cotton Acreage Up and Food Insecurity Higher
From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson with your Agribusiness Update.
**The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol announced an increase of 25% in the total area of planted cotton acres enrolled over last year, reaching 1.6 million acres this year, its greatest to date.
www.morningagclips.com reports, this represents not only impressive growth in enrolled cotton acreage but also the fourth straight year of continued expansion of enrolled cotton acres.
The 1.6m planted acres in the Trust Protocol represents 16% of all planted U.S. cotton acres.
www.morningagclips.com/u-s-cotton-trust-protocol-area-of-enrolled-planted-cotton-acres-grows-by-25/
**Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack previewed the Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards final rule.
USDA says the new rule establishes clear, strong and consistent standards for organic livestock and poultry production, levels the playing field for organic livestock producers and promotes fairer, more competitive markets for their products, while providing consumers with more transparency.
Vilsack says, "USDA is creating a fairer, more competitive and transparent food system."
**New research from USDA finds that in 2022, 12.8% of U.S. households were food insecure at some time during the year.
The prevalence of food insecurity in 22 was significantly higher than the 10.2% recorded in 2021 and 10.5% in 2020.
The 22 prevalence of VERY LOW food security was 5.1%, significantly higher than the 3.8% in 2021 and the 3.9% in 2020.
