Cotton Crop

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In the twenty-first century, most of the cotton in Georgia is produced by agribusinesses that manage large tracts of cotton land. In 2000 Georgia ranked second in the country in acreage of cotton.

Photograph by Kimberly Varderman 

Cotton Crop

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