The USDA Agricultural Research Service (Southeast Area) awarded a purchase order to Eurofins Scientific, Inc. for chemical analysis of cotton seeds in the National Cotton Variety Test, valued at $43,500, on September 24, 2026. No set-aside was used. Place of performance is Stoneville, Mississippi for sample submission and Hahn Laboratory in Columbia, South Carolina for analysis. Eurofins will analyze 300 to 1,000 cotton seed samples annually, measuring oil content, protein content (nitrogen), and gossypol content using official American Oil Chemists Society methods. Samples must be analyzed within three months of award, with interim results due February 5, 2027 and final corrected results by February 15, 2027. The solicitation was posted September 8, 2026 with quotations due September 15, 2026.