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Cotton fields in the United States. The United States exports more cotton than any other country, though it ranks third in total production, behind China and India. [1] Almost all of the cotton fiber growth and production occurs in the Southern United States and the Western United States, dominated by Texas, California, Arizona, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
Abilene-area producers struggled with cotton production in 2023. Weather presented time challenges, and harvest numbers did not make the cut.
The cotton industry in the United States hit a crisis in the early 1920s. Cotton and tobacco prices collapsed in 1920 following overproduction and the boll weevil pest wiped out the sea island cotton crop in 1921. Annual production slumped from 1,365,000 bales in the 1910s to 801,000 in the 1920s. [23]
Before 1945, the Deep South was often referred to as the "Cotton States" since cotton was the primary cash crop for economic production. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s helped usher in a new era, sometimes referred to as the New South .
Between 1930 and 1942, the United States' share of world soybean production grew from 3% to 47%, and by 1969 it had risen to 76%. By 1973 soybeans were the United States' "number one cash crop, and leading export commodity, ahead of both wheat and corn". [8] Although soybeans developed as the top cash crop, corn also remains as an important ...
Camp v. United States; Cargill Cotton; Cotton Belt; Cotton Board (United States) Cotton Futures Act; Cotton Futures Act of 1916; Cotton Incorporated; A Cotton Office in New Orleans; Cotton Press (Latta, South Carolina) Cotton Press (Tarboro, North Carolina) Cotton Research and Promotion Act; Cottonseed Oil Assistance Program; Cullars Rotation
The Office of Management and Budget announced Thursday changes to how the federal government asks about people’s race and ethnicity, including in the US Census.
Today, Cotton’s message of mercy and understanding toward people who have done us harm, or who we fear will do us harm, is much-needed balm for a nation that has been polarized by figures and ...