COTTON : FROM HARVEST TO GIN: 10_0_259_1webrh10

A picker harvests cotton for Baxley & Baxley Farms on a field in Minturn, South Carolina November 24, 2012. The cotton harvest takes place in South Carolina from October through November and is planted and grows along a corridor approximately 30 miles on each side of Interstate I-95. About 80 percent of the cotton harvested by this farm is exported outside the United States. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)

A picker harvests cotton for Baxley & Baxley Farms on a field in Minturn, South Carolina November 24, 2012. The cotton harvest takes place in South Carolina from October through November and is planted and grows along a corridor approximately 30 miles on each side of Interstate I-95. About 80 percent of the cotton harvested by this farm is exported outside the United States. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)