Source:  Elton Robinson, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 3/3/1/11

That’s two 15 percent increases in a row for U.S. cotton acres. According to USDA’s March 31 Prospective Plantings report, U.S. cotton producers intend to plant 12.6 million acres in 2011, which if realized, would be a 15 percent increase over the 10.9 million planted in 2010.

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