USDA says STAX will be offered for 2015 cotton crop

The new subsidy STAX will be available to upland cotton growers beginning with the 2015 crop, said USDA’s Risk Management Agency in a bulletin to insurers and its field offices. Formally named the Stacked Income Protection Plan of Insurance, STAX will replace current farm subsidies. Lawmakers say STAX should resolve a WTO decision against U.S. subsidies but… » Read More

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