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Welcome to the USDA Guidance Portal. This web portal is a searchable, indexed database that contains guidance documents issued by USDA and its agencies that are in effect today. The guidance documents contained herein lack the force and effect of law, unless expressly authorized by statute or incorporated into a contract. The USDA may not cite, use, or rely on any guidance that is not available through this guidance portal, except to establish historical facts. The Department reserves the right to remove any such documents at any time from this Portal.

USDA is continually updating its portal and agency websites to ensure that current guidance is on the portal and obsolete guidance is removed.

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Commodity Certificate Exchange (CCE) Commodities Income Safety Net, Cotton August 6, 2026
Emergency Relief Program (ERP) Phase 2 Specialty Crops, Commodities Income Safety Net, Cotton, Disaster Protection and Recovery, Livestock, Organic May 1, 2023
Emergency Relief Program (ERP) Commodities Income Safety Net, Cotton, Disaster Protection and Recovery, Organic, Specialty Crops August 1, 2022
Seed Cotton Recourse Loans for Upland and Extra Long Staple (ELS) Cotton Commodities Income Safety Net, Cotton December 1, 2018
Fees and Charges Assessed by the Commodity Credit Corporation for Cotton Loans, Loan Forfeitures and Relocation of Collateral Cotton, Loans May 1, 2017