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Cotton gets farm bill fix in House disaster bill

12/18/17 10:11 PM By Philip Brasher
KEYWORDS citrus cotton crop insurance dairy farm bill House Appropriatiions Committee hurricane harvey hurricane irma Hurricane Maria Livestock Gross Margin margin protection program Price Loss Coverage Senate Agriculture Committee Senate Appropriations Committee
In a development with major implications for the next farm bill, House Republicans inserted provisions in a $81 billion disaster aid package to make cotton growers eligible for the Price Loss Coverage Program and expand an insurance program for dairy producers.  
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