Mississippi Business Journal » planting intentions http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Staplcotn expecting less cotton next year due weak prices http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/27/staplcotn-expecting-less-cotton-next-year-due-weak-prices/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=staplcotn-expecting-less-cotton-next-year-due-weak-prices http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/27/staplcotn-expecting-less-cotton-next-year-due-weak-prices/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:48:45 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=50104 ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Although Mississippi’s cotton acreage rebounded somewhat in 2011, Staplcotn’s Hank Reichle is expecting Delta farmers to plant less of the fiber in 2012 in response to lower prices. Reichle, vice president of export sales for the Greenwood-based cotton-marketing cooperative, said farmers are not glued to any one crop. “Producers have diversified. They [...]

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