US: Farmers in South boost planting of cotton, shun grains

SPEARMAN, Texas -- Tight supplies of corn, soybeans, and wheat have sent prices skyrocketing in the last year, prompting worries of a global food crisis. In other years, American farmers have responded to high prices by devoting more land to staple food crops. But this spring, many farmers in southern states will be planting cotton where they formerly grew corn, soybeans, or wheat. They are

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