Cotton shrinks in state
With prices low, farmers growing other crops
Posted: March 3, 2013 at 4:16 a.m.
Machines pick cotton in a Chicot County field during last year’s harvest in this photo provided by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
Arkansas’ cotton gins are looking at a grim future with an expected plunge in cotton acreage this year as farmers turn to more-profitable crops such as soybeans and corn.
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