Action Alerts

U.S. Cotton Industry Leading Way in Sustainability

Friday, March 8th, 2019 | Categories: Action Alerts U.S. cotton producers are stepping up their efforts to tell their story of sustainability and continued progress towards efficiency and conservation with the new voluntary U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol developed through the COTTON USA Sustainability Task Force, which is composed of industry leaders from the seven segments of the cotton industry. The grower program is […] Read more...

Perdue Warns of Farm Debt

Friday, March 8th, 2019 | Categories: Action Alerts Last week during Congressional hearings, USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue warned Congress of the economic conditions facing farmers spending considerable time talking about farm debt, which has grown substantially in recent years and is now in excess of levels seen in the 1980s. More below: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-farms-perdue/us-farm-debt-soars-to-levels-seen-during-1980s-farm-crisis-agriculture-secretary-idUSKCN1QG24Y https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-economy/farm-sector-income-finances/assets-debt-and-wealth/ Read more...

EPA Sends Ethanol Proposal to White House

Friday, March 8th, 2019 | Categories: Action Alerts On Monday, March 4th, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) submitted to the White House a plan for year round E-15. The news was welcomed by the U.S. corn industry that sees this as an endorsement of ethanol and a signal of greater demand for ethanol in the future. The Administration has indicated a goal to […] Read more...