U.S. Growers to Draw Back Cotton Acres in 2013: Cotton acreage will decline for the second year in a row due to input costs and crop prices

摘要

IN KEEPING with projections from cotton economists and industry leaders, cotton producers from across the U.S. say they'll be drawing back their cotton acres in 2013, according to the annual Cotton Grower acreage survey. The survey results indicate that U.S. producers will plant 9.731 million acres of cotton in the 2013 growing season. That number represents a 21% decrease in U.S. acreage from the final USDA planted acreage number of 12.36 million acres in 2012.