At the NCC’s Mid-Year Board of Directors meeting in Memphis, NCC Chairman Mike Tate updated attendees on the major developments and activities since the NCC’s 2019 Annual Meeting. Tate noted that the NCC is pleased that 1) the recently announced Market Facilitation Program, which the NCC advocated, should provide cotton producers some timely assistance, 2) the 2018 farm law provides a solid safety net for producers and contains many of the NCC’s policy priorities and 3) another NCC priority was achieved when Congress passed a much-needed disaster assistance package. He noted that USDA has taken some steps toward the farm bill’s implementation, including plans for ...