Cotton-producing region means each of the following groups of cotton-producing States:
    
    
        
        (a) 
         Southeast Region: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia;
     
    
        
        (b) 
         Midsouth Region: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri-Illinois, and Tennessee-Kentucky;
     
    
        
        (c) 
         Southwest Region: Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas;
     
    
        
        (d) 
         Western Region: Arizona, California-Nevada, and New Mexico.
     
    
        
            Code of Federal Regulations
        
        [75 FR 24374, May 5, 2010]