# Deadline Approaching for Seed Cotton Program Decisions

Author: Jim Steadman
Published: 2018-11-28
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The December 7 deadline is rapidly approaching for landowners and producers on farms with generic base acres to make the necessary decisions as part of the Seed Cotton ARC/PLC implementation for the 2018 crop year.

As part of the Seed Cotton program implementation, decisions must be made to:

- Allocate generic base acres to seed cotton base and other covered commodity base acres;
- Establish/update PLC payment yields for seed cotton;
- Elect either ARC-County or PLC for seed cotton base for the 2018 crop year;
- Enroll the farm in ARC/PLC for 2018.

USDA has posted a [fact sheet online](https://www.fsa.usda.gov/Assets/USDA-FSA-Public/usdafiles/FactSheets/2018/seed_cotton_base_acre_allocation_fact_sheet_august_2018.pdf?platform=hootsuite) to provide additional details and information. Other resources and examples can be found on the [National Cotton Council website.](http://www.cotton.org/econ/govprograms/seed-cotton-program.cfm)