The USDA says domestic upland cotton production fell sharply from 2022 to 2023.
That followed a significant decrease in planted area and a big drop in yield due to weather issues in some key growing areas.
The upland crop last year totaled 11.75 million bales, 2.248 million below the year before that, with the yield at 895 pounds per acre, a decline of 50, and an 812,000 acre drop in harvested area.
