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  • The tremendous gain in production efficiency from modern technology allow us to produce 50% more cotton worldwide without increasing land use.
  • The production of cotton, when compared with petroleum based fibers, actually reduces green house gases because cotton fiber is over 40% carbon, is build from carbon dioxide (94%) and is energy positive.
  • Reduced tillage practices now in place reduce dust emissions from the field.
  • Many air quality controls are in place at the cotton gin.
 

 



 
 

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