Buy American Cotton Bill and Food Price Fix Campaign Targets Prop 12
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**The National Cotton Council strongly supports the Buying American Cotton Act introduced by Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi.
www.agrimarketing.com reports this legislation is designed to enhance the demand for U.S.-grown cotton and U.S.-manufactured cotton products through tax incentives.
NCC Chairman Patrick Johnson says by capitalizing on the traceability of U.S. cotton and the purchasing power of American consumers, this bill will drive the preference for domestically produced cotton and cotton products.
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**The Center for Environment and Welfare launched a new educational campaign urging Congress to stop the far-reaching consequences of California’s Proposition 12.
The “Food Price Fix” campaign has a website, educational video, and a letter-writing initiative asking voters to contact their lawmakers and urge them to pass a federal fix.
CEW Research Director, Will Coggin says consumers who have never been to California are paying the price for its overreaching, inflationary law.
**Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the congressionally mandated Emergency Livestock Relief Program payments to cover grazing losses due to drought or wildfires in 2023 or 24.
The USDA’s Farm Service Agency is leveraging existing Livestock Forage Disaster Program data to streamline the calculations and expedite relief.
Emergency relief payments are automatically issued for producers who have an approved LFP application and don’t have to contact USDA to receive payments.
