### Question
Can you define what extra long staple cotton means?


### Answer
**Extra long staple cotton** is defined as the following in *7 U.S.C. § 9011*:

> cotton that—


(A) is produced from pure strain varieties of the Barbadense species or any hybrid of the species, or other similar types of extra long staple cotton, designated by the Secretary, having characteristics needed for various end uses for which United States upland cotton is not suitable and grown in irrigated cotton-growing regions of the United States designated by the Secretary or other areas designated by the Secretary as suitable for the production of the varieties or types

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 9011*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 115-AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY POLICY AND PROGRAMS > SUBCHAPTER I-COMMODITY POLICY**

