cotton farm
Boll-growing agricultural operation
A cotton farm is an agricultural operation dedicated to growing cotton, the fibrous plant harvested for textiles.
Historically associated with plantation agriculture in the American South, where enslaved labor made cotton the dominant cash crop.
Today cotton farms range from small holdings to vast commercial operations: His family has worked the cotton farm for four generations.
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- bollPlant seed pod
- boll weevilBeetle infesting cotton plants
- harvestGathering mature crops
- pickerOne who gathers
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- agribusinessagribusiness, agro-industry, cash crops, feedlot, feedlots
cotton farmwilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
nature preserve · fallow field · subsistence farm · forest · urban development
cotton farmwheat farm
Agricultural land for cereal
vegetable farm · orchard · corn farm · cattle ranch · dairy farm
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