Our cotton is all picked by now - has been for a while. Here's an article in our local (twice weekly) newspaper about cotton technology and the new baling method. Seems like what's new to us is already in use elsewhere.
http://www.leader-news.com/articles/...4303678588.txt
Anyone else use "Cotton picking" as a negative comment? "That cotton picking dog got into the trash again!" I grew up with this and never thought about how strange that is until I was reading this thread! :)