The 2021 crop year will be memorable for years to come: timely rain and aboveaverage yields combined with the most prolific and unprecedented upheaval of the global economy in history — triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.The cotton classing division was not immune to these economic struggles, facing labor shortages, supply chain issues and operation/efficiency issues. Traditional classing timelines were heavily impacted as well as dissemination of final data records, which ultimately led to a delay in cotton marketing.On May 11, U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA-AMS) Cotton and Tobacco Program Deputy Administrator Darryl Earnest and his team visited ...