cotton harvesting Articles
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Balancing demand and crop rotation guides North Carolina family farm
When brothers Wyatt and Frank Scott returned home to their Lucama, North Carolina family farm after earning degrees from NC State University in 2016, they planted 18 acres of sweet potatoes. This year, 200 acres of the root vegetable will be hand harvested off of 46” beds and they have plans to build infrastructure to expand even further. It has become the farm’s number two cash crop ...
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How technology helps trace cotton from farm to consumer?
Cotton in numbers and why they matter Every year 27 million tons of cotton is produced globally and it is also the most often used natural fibre according to Statista. The WWF reports cotton production employs almost 7% of all labour in developing countries and provides income for over 250 million people worldwide. They also raise the concerns of the industry’s environmentally ...
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