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Missouri cotton, rice acres could rise

Benjamin Herrold
Mar 5, 2020
Mar 5, 2020 Updated Mar 9, 2020

Missouri’s cotton acreage has been rising in recent years due to improving economics, although there are some unknowns for this year.
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Despite only growing the crops in the southeast part of the state, last year Missouri ranked fourth in rice acreage and ninth in cotton acreage nationally.

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