July 11, 2012 | 12:30 PM
After a rough year for cotton farmers some have found grapes to be the alternative money maker.
"This is a perfect area to grow grapes because of the water shortages," said Cathy Bodenstedt, "a lot of the cotton farmers are moving over to grapes because of that particular issue."
Including 4th generation farmer Cliff Bingham, whose family has been farming cotton for 100 years.
"Grapes don't use any more water than cotton per acre, but you get a whole lot more profit potential per acre," said Bingham.
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