Tennessee generally produces between 200,000-350,000 acres of cotton and with an average yield between 700-900 pounds of lint per acre.  Cotton is produced in 23 counties statewide with the majority grown in the western part of the state (production map).  Irrigated cotton acreage has increased in recent years but the majority of the cotton acreage is non-irrigated.  Tennessee has long been a proponent of conservation/no-tillage systems with approximately 52% of the cotton grown no-till and an additional 24% grown using some form of conservation tillage.  Additionally, Tennessee has rapidly adopted the use of transgenic varieties with >95% of the acreage planted to herbicide-resistant and Bt-cotton varieties. Given TN’s location on the northern edge of the Cotton Belt, earlier maturing varieties generally out-yield their later-maturing competitors and the most successful growers place a strong emphasis on earliness.