Cotton Acreage Up 9 Percent

Randall Weiseman June 30, 2014 Alabama, Cotton, Crop Forecasts, Field Crops, Florida, Georgia

Angie Considine

USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released its annual acreage reports today, and Angie Considine with USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service in Washington, D.C. notes cotton acreage this year is expected to be up overall.

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