Low prices, bad weather and yoga pants put the squeeze on NC cotton farmers
Story Date: 12/14/2017

  Source: James Morrison, WUNC, 12/12/17



James Morrison reports on the causes of low cotton prices in recent years and the impact that's had on North Carolina cotton farmers.  Low cotton prices and a couple of bad weather years have unseated North Carolina as one of the leading cotton-producing states. Traditionally ranked around 3rd or 4th, the state is now 8th in cotton production, according to USDA November projections.

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