# Pima Cotton Industry Shrinking in California

Author: Jim Steadman
Published: 2015-08-12
Canonical URL: https://www.cottongrower.com/market-analysis/production-outlook-acreage/pima-cotton-industry-shrinking-in-california/

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A recent article in *The New York Times* highlighted California’s Pima cotton industry and how the prolonged drought and other market conditions are taking a toll on production acres.

According to forecasts, farmers may harvest as little as 100,000 acres of Pima cotton in California this year.

You can **[read the entire article here](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/08/business/a-once-flourishing-pima-cotton-industry-withers-in-an-arid-california.html?_r=0)**.