Gossypium hirsutum - upland cotton, native to Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean and southern Florida, (90% of world production)
The 1996 farm bill (P.L. 104-127) retained the marketing loan provisions for wheat, feed grains, rice, upland cotton, and oilseeds.
These provisions include a special import quota, a limited global import quota, and an economic adjustment assistance payment to users of upland cotton.
The quota equals 1 week's domestic mill consumption of upland cotton at the seasonally adjusted average consumption rate during the most recent 3 months for which data are available.
These subsidies have a dramatic effect on the production of grains, oilseeds, and upland cotton.
Higher prices for eggs, oranges, cattle and upland cotton were mostly responsible for the March increase, the department said.
Gossypium hirsutum - upland cotton (Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean and southern Florida)
Gossypium hirsutum (upland cotton) Cotton used to make ceremonial garments.
Common crops included corn, upland cotton, sea island cotton, rice, sugarcane, and tobacco.
ELS cotton, in contrast to upland cotton, does not qualify for direct payments or counter-cyclical payments.
