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Read moreCotton Acreage Experiencing All-Time Low in Arkansas
by Melissa Martin Delta Digital News Service JONESBORO, Ark. — Arkansas cotton acreage is experiencing an all-time low in Arkansas’ history of growing cotton. It’s estimated the latest planted acrea… Source: Cotton Acreage Experiencing All-Time Low in Arkansas
Read moreThe Price of Cotton Drops
Originally posted on Photojournalism @ stAte:
With cotton production at a 38 year low, Logan Dewitt and his father Allen (not pictured) experience technical difficulties with their picking machine in the cotton field on Nov. 5, 2015. The cotton picking machine fails to wrap the cotton, causing it to fall out unpackaged. This creates an unwanted delay for the farmers, as…
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