Over the last 100 years, harvested crop acres have declined more in the US South than rest of the US. Cotton accounted for most the decline in the first 50 years. Over the last 50 years, however, harvested acres have declined much more for crops other than the commodity program crops associated with the US South (cotton, peanuts, rice). The change in acreage dynamics prompts a rarely asked question, “Has the high support for cotton, peanuts, and rice hurt Southern crop agriculture in total?”
The Evolving US Southern Crop Problem
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