COTTON : FROM HARVEST TO GIN: 30_0_279_1webrh30

Farmer Roy Baxley, Jr. looks over the cotton harvest as he stands in a field of cotton in Minturn, South Carolina November 24, 2012. At the age of 18, Baxley took over the family farm after his father died from a sudden heart attack. He was forced to leave college and change the direction of his life or liquify the family farm. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)

Farmer Roy Baxley, Jr. looks over the cotton harvest as he stands in a field of cotton in Minturn, South Carolina November 24, 2012. At the age of 18, Baxley took over the family farm after his father died from a sudden heart attack. He was forced to leave college and change the direction of his life or liquify the family farm. REUTERS/Randall Hill (UNITED STATES)