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Cotton

The Mississippi Delta has long been considered the land of cotton. In 2016, 1.1 million bales of cotton were produced on 824 farms. Coahoma county is the top producing county for cotton. The value of production of cotton in 2016 was $442 million. Cotton research is primarily funded by Cotton Inc. Cotton research is conducted by scientists in the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (MAFES).