Cotton fields in Alabama, United States of America, North America

Drone view of Cotton Farm Wind Farm, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A large stand of Arctic cotton (Eriophorum callitrix) in Denali National Park, Alaska, United States of America

A large stand of Arctic cotton (Eriophorum callitrix) in Franz Josef Land, Russia, Arctic Ocean, Eurasia

Cotton grass on shores of Lago Bianco, Gavia Pass, Valfurva, Valtellina, Sondrio province, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Cotton pickers in Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Black-headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus), summer plumage, hovering over flowering cotton grass, Finland, Europe

A large stand of Arctic cotton (Eriophorum callitrix) in Franz Josef Land, Russia, Arctic Ocean, Eurasia

The Kara Kum canal brings water from the River Amu Darya (Oxus), to irrigate cotton fields, Turkmenia, Central Asia, Asia

Cotton fibre, hand picked from local cotton fields, being transferred in bulk by digger into the factory for processing, Gujarat, India, Asia

Sunrise on fields of cotton grass, Gavia Pass, Valfurva, Valtellina, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Close up of cotton boll in cotton field in Babra, Maharashtra, India, Asia

Man picking cotton near Taftanaz, Syria, Middle East

Cotton picking, Sao Paolo State, Brazil, South America

Adivasi farmers picking cotton in a field in Narmada district, Gujarat, India, Asia

Woman picking cotton in Babra, Maharashtra, India, Asia

Cotton, Texas, United States of America, North America

A fracking site being fracked near Wasco in California's Central Valley, USA, next to a farmers Cotton crop. Fracking for natural gas and oil, has reduced energy prices in the US, but fracking is a water hungry industry, that competes directly with the agricultural sector for water. After a 4 year long drought water is running out. Fracking also contaminates ground water supplies from all the chemicals that are pumped underground to frack the fossil fuel bearing rocks.

Sunsets in the background of bountiful cotton field in Tifton, Georgia

Field of Cottongrass (Eriophorum), Torngat Mountains National Park, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, Arctic

Contemplative mysterious african american woman standing amidst the cotton field. generative AI

Contemplative mysterious african american woman standing amidst the cotton field. generative AI

Contemplative mysterious african american woman standing amidst the cotton field. generative AI

Contemplative mysterious african american woman standing amidst the cotton field. generative AI

Contemplative mysterious african american woman standing amidst the cotton field. generative AI

Close shot of Field of cotton ready for harvest in Texas

Irrigation of cotton

Cotton crop in a field, Nazca, Peru

Agriculture - Large field of mature defoliated high-yield stripper cotton at harvest stage in Autumn. This crop has a yield potential of 3 to 4 bales per acre / West Texas, USA.

Agriculture - Large field of mature defoliated high-yield stripper cotton at harvest stage in Autumn. This crop has a yield potential of 3 to 4 bales per acre / West Texas, USA.

Grower (crop consultant) checks rotting corn crop debris in field of cotton stubble, England, Arkansas, United States of America

Crop consultant examines no till corn at approximately 8-10 leaf stage, growing on bedded land where previous crop of no till cotton was produced, England, Arkansas, United States of America

No till Roundup ready cotton in approximately 8-10 leaf stage with volunteer cotton, England, Arkansas, United States of America

Crop consultant checking plants and conditions of farmland, no till cotton at the seedling stage where corn was previous crop, England, Arkansas, United States of America

Crop consultant checking progress on no till cotton, approximately 10-12 leaf stage, following previous year's crop of corn, England, Arkansas, United States of America