The Texas cotton crop took a beating this year because of the prolonged drought. Now, word that the state's entire cotton industry is in a slump. One indicator: The Cotton Classing Offices, which normally hire dozens of people each to sort through cotton and push it through a machine to determine its quality. Quantities of incoming cotton to test have been so low that many fewer workers were hired this year. Some industry experts saying the Texas cotton crop is down by as much as 75 percent this year, many saying it's the worst cotton season in over thirty years.
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