Cotton: Background and Issues for Farm Legislation

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英文名称：

Cotton: Background and Issues for Farm Legislation

作者：

Leslie Meyer; Stephen MacDonald

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=35840

关键词：

Cotton;  production;  consumption;  trade;  costs and returns;  farm programs;  WTO; 

年份：

2001

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

11 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

Since passage of the 1996 farm legislation, U.S. cotton production and demand have nearly equaled each other, keeping stocks virtually unchanged. However, U.S. cotton producers have experienced deteriorating product prices coupled with declining yields during this period. Farm prices for upland cotton dropped 40 percent from their recent peak in 1995/96 to 45 cents per pound in 1999/2000, prompting considerable concern for the industry as the new farm legislation debate develops.