re: Do you think current-day Cotton farms in the south are frowned upon?

I just plugged in Josey Wales.

If for some reason anyone would frown upon a cotton farm than that would be an ignorant person. Many farms, probably most agricultural land now is corporate owned. The small old family farmer is going by the wayside as it is a hard way to make a living. Think about living on one paycheck a year with that paycheck determined by weather, politics, global markets, disease and many other factors. Very few young people are going into farming because the capital outlay isn't near worth the risk. This includes many young people who grew up on the family farm.

It is a tough business and one that most people could not do and have no clue what it takes yet sit back and criticize while wearing cotton clothes, eating corn, wheat, soybeans, beef, pork, poultry, sugar, dairy all at incredibly affordable prices.