Spring weather gives Georgia corn, cotton crops a boost
by April Reese Sorrow, Georgia FACES
Jun 12, 2010 | 276 views | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Georgia farmers plan to plant more cotton and peanuts this year. And timely spring rains have helped get both crops off to a good start. Corn growers, on the other hand, are seeing a reduction in their acreage due in part to that same rainfall.

Some 30 percent more cotton

Georgia cotton growers will plant more than 1.25 million acres of cotton this year, 25 percent to 30 percent more than last year, said Guy Collins a cotton expert with University of Georgia Cooperative Extension.

“We knew acreage would increase, but it’s looking like it will be higher than we thought it would be,” Collins said.

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