Above the Belt: Cotton Belt shifts north into Kansaas' amber fields of grain

摘要

Most people don't think of Kansas as a cotton state, but for a growing number of farmers there, the crop that most people associate with the South (or California's southern Central Valley) has become a promising new source of revenue on the plains. The Southern Kansas Cotton Growers Cooperative is promoting so-called "stripper cotton" as a high-value alternative to other crops.