Docket Number: AMS-CN-22-0061
Effective Dates: August 1, 2023

Summary

This rule amends the regulation that defines two of the seven designated spot markets and changing the names of the affected markets. Specifically, market price data for cotton grown in Oklahoma and Kansas are reassigned from the East Texas/Oklahoma spot market to the West Texas spot market. This action also changes the names of these two markets to describe the markets more accurately.

Contact Information

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) published a final rule in the Federal Register that defines which cotton spot markets the AMS Cotton and Tobacco Program Market News Division will use to report cotton grown in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.

Docket Number:  AMS-SC-23-0013

Dates

Agricultural Commodity Grader’s Cotton (Seasonal Classer Trainee) GS-1980-5, $18.06 per hour

Applications will be accepted for Agricultural Commodity Grader’s Cotton (Seasonal Classer Trainee) beginning July 24, thru August 4, 2023, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Applicants must meet the following requirements:

Applications will be accepted for Cotton Classer/HVI Operator positions on August 2nd thru August 11th, from 8:00 am until 4:00 pm. To apply, go to the Lubbock Cotton Classification Complex at 120 Texas Tech Parkway, Lubbock, TX 79409.  For any questions, please contact the Lubbock Classing Office, telephone number (806) 283-9400.

Agriculture Commodity Grader (Classer/HVI Operator) GS-1980-5/1, $18.06 per hour with promotion potential to GS-1980-7/1, $22.37.