Please use the link below for a glance at the upcoming events for the week of July 7.
Category: News
News from the American Cotton Shippers Association
USDA-AMS Cotton & Tobacco Program Announces New 2025-2026 Rates
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Cotton & Tobacco Program (C&T) has announced the 2025-2026 rates it will charge for its cotton user-fee services.
Support Letter for CFTC Nominee Brian Quintenz
ACSA, along with other agricultural groups, signed onto a letter endorsing Brian Quintenz to be chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Dudley Hoskins Support Letter
ACSA, along with other organizations, signed onto a letter in support of Dudley Hoskins’ nomination to be the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs (MRP).
ACSA Urges CFTC to Reject 24/7 Trading and Be Cautious of Perpetual Derivatives Contracts
Upcoming Surface Transportation Reauthorization: ATWG Priorities Letter
The U.S. agriculture industry is urging Congress to prioritize rural and agricultural transportation needs in the upcoming reauthorization of surface transportation programs. Key requests include timely reauthorization, increased investment in infrastructure, modernization of trucking regulations, and streamlining project approvals to improve efficiency, safety, and economic vitality in rural America.
Coalition Letter to Senate Ag
A coalition of agricultural groups, including the American Cotton Shippers Association, urged the Senate Agriculture Committee leadership to confirm Stephen Vaden as deputy Agriculture secretary. He currently serves as a judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade.
USTR Section 301 China Shipbuilding Proposed Remedies
The American Cotton Shippers Association, along with over 300 other associations representing a broad range of industries, urged the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to refrain from implementing the proposed measures in response to the Section 301 investigation into China’s efforts to dominate the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding industries.
ACSA Signs Onto Letter to Congress
In a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), organizations in the energy, transportation, and agriculture industries urged Congress to disapprove California’s vehicle rules through the Congressional Review Act.
ACSA Signs Onto Letter to Senate Ag Chair and Ranking Member
U.S. farm organizations, including the American Cotton Shippers Association, signed onto a letter to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) and Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), calling for the quick Senate approval of Luke Lindberg’s nomination as the next USDA undersecretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs.
