Economic Impact of Cotton

The picture above shows a cotton field. Cotton impacts the economy in a very large way. The cotton plant provides jobs for many industrial businessmen. It also provides jobs for the farmers who harvest the cotton fields. Once harvested, cotton is shipped to factories all around the world and made into items we use everyday. Over 50% of clothing items used in the U.S. today are made of cotton. Without cotton, we wouldn't have the selection of clothes we do. Other items made mostly of cotton are, fishnets, coffee filters, tents, gunpowder, cotton paper, and in  bookbinding. All of us consumers have to buy the products made by cotton, and therefore we put the money we spend into a ongoing cycle through our economy, thus, circulating the economy.