Modern Cotton Production in Alabama - Encyclopedia of Alabama

Cotton is the primary row crop grown in Alabama, exceeding the individual acreages for corn, soybeans, peanuts, and wheat. Agricultural practices and technology developed since the mid-twentieth century, such as pest eradication measures and modern mechanical planters, harvesters, and balers, have enabled Alabama cotton farmers to increase their output on fewer and fewer acres. Cotton […]

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