A. Blake Brown, North Carolina State University, Dept. of Agricultural & Research Economics, Box 8109, Raleigh, NC 27695, George Frisvold, University of Arizona, Dept. Ag & Resource Economics, P.O. Box 210023, Tucson, AZ 85721, Kenneth Paxton, Louisiana State University, 101 Agricultural Admin. Bldg., Baton Rouge, LA 70803, and Jeanne Reeves, Cotton Incorporated, 6399 Weston Parkway, Cary, NC 27513.
The Census of Agriculture data were utilized to determine the status of U.S. Cotton Producers. The Census assigns farms to commodity groups based on the commodity accounting for the largest share of income. Recompiled data from 1997 and 2002 represented all farms with cotton income. Study variables included income, labor, gross returns, land tenure, yield, farm size, farm occupants, crops grown, and irrigation. Impacts on the national economy include commodity sales, dollars spent on labor, farm type, and land tenure arrangements. One implication for outreach and technology transfer is that the cotton industry is diverse, including many producers whose pri-mary commodity is not cotton.
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