Dry conditions may limit cotton production in the United States, the world’s largest exporter of the crop, next season.

Farmers will abandon more fields as dry weather compounds already below-normal moisture in growing areas from Texas to Alabama, John Flanagan, the president of Flanagan Trading Corp, told Bloomberg News.

“We shouldn’t expect to see the crop emerge as healthy as this year,”…

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Dry Weather to Limit U.S. Cotton Production originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 06 Dec 2010 08:31:00.

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