# Cotton Companion: Making Sense of Cotton’s Volatile Year

Author: thatch
Published: 2024-08-26
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 Confused over this year’s ever-shifting cotton acreage and production numbers? We are, too. So we asked Dr. O.A. Cleveland to explain.

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