[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 66 (Thursday, April 5, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 20503-20505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8125]

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Parts 27 and 28
[Doc. AMS-CN-11-0066]
RIN 0581-AD19

Revision of Cotton Classification Procedures for Determining Cotton Leaf Grade

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is amending the procedures for determining the official leaf grade for Upland and Pima cotton. The leaf grade is a part of the official classification which denotes cotton fiber quality used in cotton marketing and manufacturing of cotton products. Previously, the leaf grade was determined by visual
examination and comparison to the Universal Cotton Standards for Leaf Grade that serves as the official cotton standards by qualified cotton classers. Amended procedures replace the classer's leaf determination with the instrument leaf measurement made by the High Volume Instrument (HVI) system, which has been used in official cotton classification for Upland Cotton since 1991.

DATES: Effective Date: April 6, 2012.

Full notice

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Published: April 5, 2012