When synthetic fibers are sold in place of cotton, then the cotton farmers suffer.
Simple. If more synthetic fiber is used less cotton will be needed
the cotten farmers get paid $8.89 for 1 bail of cotten
Growing cotton is profitable. Depending on the size of the cotton crop, farmers can make over a hundred thousand dollars in a season.
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Crop rotation is important to the cotton farmers because they need the nutrients from the soil for other crops so they don't use it all in just one kind of plant.
If more synthetic fibers are available, less cotton fiber will be needed. Less need for cotton means lower prices for it. If prices go down, production of cotton will be reduced until supply and demand reach a balance. If less cotton is grown, the farmers must plant other crops. Synthetic fibers affect cotton farmers because if they can make their own clothes, there's no point in cotton being grown. If more synthetic fibers are available, less cotton fiber will be needed. Less need for cotton means lower prices for it. If prices go down, production of cotton will be reduced until supply and demand reach a balance. If less cotton is grown, the farmers must plant other crops.
Simple. If more synthetic fiber is used less cotton will be needed
Farmers lost a lot of money and cotton
Farmers lost a lot of money and cotton
cotton is natural and synthetic both . when cotton is combed from its plant it is natural and when the combed cotton is cleaned in factories with help of chemicals it becomes synthetic.
because cotton is natural, synthetic clothes are chemicals .
No.
With the introduction of fibers such as polyester, cotton's share of the clothing market fell from 50 percent in 1970 to 34 percent in 1975, according to The Economist.
Cotton grows from a plant naturally, synthetics are manufactured fibers. Cotton absorbs moisture whereas synthetic fibres generally do not. Cotton is natural and can be eaten by insects whereas synthetic fibres can not, they are around in land fill for hundreds of years. Cotton does not trap moisture, it is permeable, many synthetic fibres are not. Both are polymers.
The invention of the cotton gin affected Native Americans because the farmers took land from the Native Americans because they needed more land to grow cotton.
its in the name, the cotton is natural.
Yes, it matters. 100% cotton thread will shrink when laundered and thereby pucker the seams of the synthetic jersey garment. When sewing synthetic fabrics it is best to use synthetic or cotton/synthetic blend thread.