West Texas dryland cotton not worth harvesting
12/12/2023 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
AFFECTED AREAS:
Armstrong County, TX
Bailey County, TX
Borden County, TX
Briscoe County, TX
Carson County, TX
Castro County, TX
Cochran County, TX
Collingsworth County, TX
Crosby County, TX
Dallam County, TX
Dawson County, TX
Deaf Smith County, TX
Donley County, TX
Floyd County, TX
Gaines County, TX
Garza County, TX
Gray County, TX
Hale County, TX
Hall County, TX
Hansford County, TX
Hartley County, TX
Hemphill County, TX
Hockley County, TX
Hutchinson County, TX
Lamb County, TX
Lipscomb County, TX
Lubbock County, TX
Lynn County, TX
Mitchell County, TX
Moore County, TX
Ochiltree County, TX
Oldham County, TX
Parmer County, TX
Potter County, TX
Randall County, TX
Roberts County, TX
Scurry County, TX
Sherman County, TX
Swisher County, TX
Terry County, TX
Wheeler County, TX
Yoakum County, TX
Start Date: 1/1/2023
- End Date: 12/11/2023
Heat and drought wiped out the dryland cotton crop in West Texas this year. Dryland acres were not harvestable. Even irrigated cotton yielded just half of normal.
AgWeb (Mexico, Mo.), Dec 11, 2023
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