# Unpicking Cotton?

Author: Jim Steadman
Published: 2015-10-14
Canonical URL: https://www.cottongrower.com/cotton-news/unpicking-cotton/

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Think harvest can be tough sometimes?

**[This news article from Big News Network.com](http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/237598955/uzbeks-unpick-cotton-to-please-no-show-pm)** details the lengths that officials in Uzbekistan forced local cotton growers in an eastern province to go to in order to impress the country’s prime minister during a planned drive through the area.

The kicker, of course, is that the prime minister changed his travel plans and missed seeing all of this work.