cotton
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Preston Arrington began renting land from his father in Sunflower County, Miss., a quarter-century ago to grow cotton and grains — becoming the fourth generation of his family to choose a career in the fields.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
Early on, he realized that cotton wasn’t profitable, so he stopped growing it.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
Myers says he has customers seeking to market garments as "made in the US", with US-produced cotton, for example.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
To minimize the psychological distress of the families during the burial process, Pourzahedian said he used cotton and paper to reconstruct the physical form of the victims within the shrouds.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
She poked sticky cotton into tiny gaps with a sliver of dassie bone.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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