COTTON : FROM HARVEST TO GIN: 2_0_251_1webrh02

Cotton planted by Baxley & Baxley Farms is ready to be harvested as it covers 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.  REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)

Cotton planted by Baxley & Baxley Farms is ready to be harvested as it covers 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. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)