Source: Philip Brasher, AGRI-PULSE, 2/11/17

Growers are expected to plant 11 million acres of cotton this year, a 9.4 percent increase from 2016, amid continued hopes that Congress or the Trump administration will heed their pleas for new price supports. Farmers in Texas, which accounts for more than half of U.S. acreage, are expected to plant 6.2 million acres this spring, a 9.5 percent increase, according to the National Cotton Council survey.

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