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To: Red Badger

Does America even grow cotton anymore?


8 posted on 04/08/2025 6:22:34 AM PDT by Jonty30 (I can promise I can land any plane that is in the air, because gravity only moves in one direction.)
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To: Jonty30

Yes, tons of it, and it’s picked by MACHINES.................


14 posted on 04/08/2025 6:23:42 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Jonty30

Big business in Lubbock, TX. Once went there to bid on a project to build an auction system for the cotton business.


25 posted on 04/08/2025 6:29:54 AM PDT by FKASomeoneElse (Put Putin and Zelensky in a locked room until one of them breathes no more. Then snuff the survivor.)
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To: Jonty30

Central and Eastern North Carolina still grow plenty of cotton...Mostly picked mechanically with a harvester...


27 posted on 04/08/2025 6:31:55 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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Oh yes we do. Out in West Texas in Aug or Sept it is beautiful the miles and miles of cotton fields. Mom picked it as a kid, when we grew up she never planted a garden, tough memories that hoeing and picking for a 5 year old.


38 posted on 04/08/2025 6:36:03 AM PDT by Jolla
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To: Jonty30

“Does America even grow cotton anymore?”

Lots of it


43 posted on 04/08/2025 6:38:46 AM PDT by Fai Mao ( All Democrats need to go to prison.)
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In Kansas they sure do and itโ€™s harvested and processed by machinery.


45 posted on 04/08/2025 6:41:03 AM PDT by Mercat
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Oh, yes, there is a lot of cotton growing in America.
But, nobody picks cotton!
We have machines to do the picking!


47 posted on 04/08/2025 6:42:43 AM PDT by AZJeep (sane )
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To: Jonty30

There were many cotton fields around the Huntsville AL area when I moved here in 2912. But many of them have become housing or commercial developments.


49 posted on 04/08/2025 6:46:12 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: Jonty30

Yes.


54 posted on 04/08/2025 6:54:38 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this๐Ÿ’ฉ? ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ’‰! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‘!)
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To: Jonty30

Yes America still grows cotton. You would be amazed at its products. From stealth fighters that evade radar detection, to the glass protector layer screen on your cell phone, all made from cotton seed fibers. (The fuzzy lint surrounding the seed). It’s really a miracle crop. I don’t think we use the boll fibers though. I think that gets exported.


67 posted on 04/08/2025 7:16:52 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: Jonty30

They pick cotton in Kansas


78 posted on 04/08/2025 7:35:56 AM PDT by South Dakota (Vance / Trump...2028 )
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To: Jonty30

Lots of cotton grown in Arizona.


88 posted on 04/08/2025 7:59:38 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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