COTTON : FROM HARVEST TO GIN: 19_0_268_1webrh19

Operator Carl Owens watches the operation of a cotton picker at Baxley & Baxley Farms as he harvests cotton in Minturn, South Carolina November 24, 2012. The third generation farm, located along South Carolina's cotton corridor, harvested just under 1100 acres of cotton this season. The Baxley family plants several crops but cotton is the cash crop and the most profitable. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)

Operator Carl Owens watches the operation of a cotton picker at Baxley & Baxley Farms as he harvests cotton in Minturn, South Carolina November 24, 2012. The third generation farm, located along South Carolina's cotton corridor, harvested just under 1100 acres of cotton this season. The Baxley family plants several crops but cotton is the cash crop and the most profitable. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)