" It cuts cotton subsidies and "proposes to eliminate the requirement for the government to pay the storage costs of cotton that is put under loan by the USDA. Cotton is the only commodity for which this assistance is provided.

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Lamine says eliminating all cotton subsidies could raise world prices for the commodity by 10 percent to 12 percent.

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Commodity futures, particularly in the areas of corn, soybeans, cotton, are pointing to still higher prices ahead.

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Commodity-based stock investments are investments in companies that seek to profit from rising commodity prices including investments in the equity of mining companies, or companies that grow cotton, livestock, or produce fertilizers.

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China's textile mills are importing more cotton than many had expected, and the demand is helping to give the global market for the commodity a boost.

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