The argument indicated that cotton prices are going up; it follows then, that farmers will make more money on the same amount of cotton this year than they did on the same amount of cotton last year. How do the prices of cotton and corn compare? Who knows? It's entirely possible that cotton prices have increased but are still lower than corn prices. That's a subtle point, but if you noticed it, you could have jotted down a note so that you wouldn't forget it.