The 2025 cotton crop in Louisiana might be the smallest on record!

Louisiana cotton farmers are finishing up their planting, and it looks like the 2025 crop will be the smallest on record.

LSU AgCenter’s Craig Gautreaux shows how it is mainly due to low demand and low prices.

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