Mike Pearson says the United Nations declared World Cotton Day Oct. 7.
He reminds us just how much cotton is produced across the globe and here in the United States.
Humans have been using cotton for 7,000 years now to make clothing and cloth.
Every years, there are 25 million tons of raw cotton in fields and 110 million bales.
In fact, 75 percent of the world cotton comes from these countries:
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6. 6 million tons produced in China
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5.6 million tons produced in India
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3.6 million tons in the USA
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and 3 million tons in Brazil.
There are 18,000 cotton farmers in the United States and 17 states grow…
