USDA urged to expand cotton plan to more fibres

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Chellie Pingree has called on the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to expand its ‘Great American Cotton Plan’ to include other natural fibres, including hemp, flax, wool, alpaca and leather.

In a letter to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, Pingree also asked the department to detail existing programmes, authorities and data-collection efforts that could support domestic natural-fibre production and processing.