Cotton prices, acreage hitting record levels

ISLE OF WIGHT � With cotton prices hitting historic high prices in recent months, Isle of Wight County farmer Rex Alphin says he will be planting twice as much of the cash crop this spring. "We're doubling our cotton acreage this year, from 300 acres to 700 acres," said Alphin, whose family has farmed Sunset View Farm in southern Isle of Wight for generations. "These are record prices and we

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