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*Updated* QLA Deadline Tomorrow *April 9*

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From the NCC:
FSA announced today that the Quality Loss Adjustment (QLA) application deadline has been extended until Friday, April 9 due to the recent winter storms and updates on program rules.  This extension is welcomed in order to give cotton growers additional time to gather production information to complete signup.  

Please contact NCC staff if you have any questions.

https://www.fsa.usda.gov/news-room/news-releases/2021/usda-extends-application-deadline-for-the-quality-loss-adjustment-program?utm_campaign=qla&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

The deadline to apply for the Quality Loss Adjustment is Tomorrow, March 5, 2021. The program assists producers who suffered quality losses in the 2018 or 2019 crop years. This program requires that producers show a 5% loss on ‘affected production’. This would be bales that had a loss of quality in one or both of those seasons. Bales that do not have a quality reduction are not ‘affected production’ and are not counted in the calculation.

The USDA has a website at www.farmers.gov/quality-loss for more details. We have also attached a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) from the National Cotton Council. We have been told that if you don’t have all the documentation together but think you will have a loss, it is best to apply by the deadline and fill in the documentation later.

Please refer to the FAQ below for more information from the NCC:

House Passes Disaster Bill – Pressure Still on the Senate

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Friday, last week, the House of Representatives passed a roughly 19 Billion dollar disaster bill that includes about $3Billion of ag disaster relief. The bill passed 257 to 150 with all Democrat members and 34 Republican members voting for the bill. The remaining Republicans voted against the measure at the urging of the President. The President seems to still be opposed to additional aid to Puerto Rico. President Trump continues to insist publicly that he wants Congress to pass assistance to farmers hit by hurricanes, wildfires and flooding in the past several months.

The House bill adds aid for the mid-west (mostly Iowa and Nebraska) that were devastated by flooding earlier this year. It provides some help for farmers who lost grain in their bins and helps to rebuild levees and other infrastructure to control future flooding.

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