Bayou State Cotton

by Scott Pellegrin

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Bayou State Cotton

Artist

Scott Pellegrin

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Photograph

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This is a close-up image of a cotton boll in a North Louisiana field, it can be cropped to standard sizes such as 5x7, 8x10 and 11x14. Feel free to email with questions/comments. Thank you for looking.

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Few crops have the storied history of cotton. Grown in Louisiana for hundreds of years, this crop has been a vital part of the state’s economy. In the early 1700s, cotton cultivated in the state was used mainly for home spinning and weaving. It wasn’t until the invention of the cotton gin later that century that cotton became a cash crop in Louisiana.

For more than 100 years cotton has been the most important crop grown in northeast Louisiana. Crucial to the continued success of the state’s cotton industry has been the research conducted by the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station. This research has been instrumental in increasing yields, reducing production costs and minimizing losses from insect pests, weeds, nematodes and plant diseases. Much of the initial research in cotton was done on the Calhoun Research Station in Ouachita Parish.

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September 26th, 2017

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