One hundred U.S. congressmen from cotton-growing states are pressing the Obama administration for price supports to help struggling U.S. farmers, in the first push to introduce new subsidies since losing a trade case with Brazil last year.The House of Representatives members have signed a letter urging Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to allow cottonseed, a secondary product of the crop valued mainly for its fiber, to qualify for subsidies available to other oilseeds.
