# Cotton Companion: Cotton’s New Year – What’s Happened, What’s New and What’s Next for 2025?

Author: thatch
Published: 2025-01-13
Canonical URL: https://www.cottongrower.com/companion/cottons-new-year-whats-happened-whats-new-and-whats-next-for-2025/

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 To kick off 2025, Dr. Darren Hudson of Texas Tech joins in on a discussion of how cotton fared following Washington DC’s pre-holiday budget scramble, plus a look at the first cotton acreage projection of the year, courtesy of Cotton Grower’s annual acreage survey.

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