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Cotton farming is inching north into the Midwest

Published March 11, 2022 at 9:33 AM PST

Climate change — combined with dwindling water resources and new infrastructure — means states like Kansas are becoming cotton countries.

David Condos of the Kansas News Service reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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