Source:  Elton Robinson, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 7/12/10

The U.S. cotton crop just keeps getting bigger. In USDA’s July 9 Crop Production Report and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, the agency raised its estimate of U.S. cotton production to 18.3 million bales, a 10 percent increase over June’s estimates, due to higher planted area and projections for good yields, especially in Texas. Acreage estimates were based on USDA’s June 30 Acreage Report.

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