In its April report, USDA projected 320,000 fewer bales for the 2013 US cotton crop, now seen at 12.9 million bales based on USDA's Cotton Ginnings report, released in March. Gary Adams, Vice President of Economics and Policy Analysis for the National Cotton Council, explains the factors that affect these numbers.
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