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House panel reviews bill letting Alabama Cotton Commission set producer checkoff between $1 and $1.30
Summary
The House Agriculture and Forestry Committee heard House Bill 52, which would let the Alabama Cotton Commission set an annual producer checkoff between $1 and $1.30 per bale; committee members voted by voice to give the bill a committee report.
House Bill 52, introduced by the committee chairman, was presented to the Alabama House Agriculture and Forestry Committee to allow the Alabama Cotton Commission an annual option to set a producer checkoff between $1 and $1.30 per bale.
The chairman told the committee that the commission holds a referendum every 10 years and that only cotton producers vote on the checkoff for marketing and research. He said the…
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