By Jim Steadman
Cotton Grower
The Rolling Stones may “get no satisfaction.” But U.S. cotton growers may argue otherwise after a relatively smooth and surprising harvest.
By the time these words reach your eyes, 2021 cotton harvest should be complete. As of early December, USDA reported that 85% of all U.S. cotton acres had been harvested, with pickers and strippers still in fields in parts of the Southeast and across the High Plains and Panhandle.