This document discusses the cotton production process from planting to end products. Cotton is grown in 17 states in the southern and western United States, with Texas producing nearly 5 million bales of cotton annually. Cotton provides numerous products beyond fabric including cottonseed oil, livestock feed, fertilizer, and explosives. The cotton plant yields cotton lint, cottonseed, and hulls that are used to make textiles, cooking oil, rubber, plastics, soap, and other goods.

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3. Products and Byproducts of Cotton Cotton Lint Cotton Seed Fabric, Yarn Cotton Seed Oil Hulls Refined Cooking Oil Rubber, Plastics Glycerin Soap, Cosmetics Fertilizer Livestock Feed Explosives

4. Where Does Cotton Grow? Number of bales in millions. Source: National Cotton Council of America.

5. Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

6. Cotton Production in Millions of Bales 0.58 Missouri 0.04 New Mexico 0.75 Louisiana 0.06 Kansas 0.78 North Carolina 0.07 Florida 0.79 Tennessee 0.09 Virginia 1.41 California 0.13 South Carolina 1.54 Georgia 0.19 Oklahoma 1.61 Arkansas 0.57 Alabama 1.88 Mississippi 0.57 Arizona 4.92 Texas

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