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Cotton – Southwest – High Temps Push Crop to Cutout – AgFax Aug 19, 2020
Cutout and Defoliation. Cotton is moving along with a big push from high temperatures and dry weather.
Cotton – Southwest – Promising Crop, Tropical Storm Forecast – AgFax Jul 22, 2020
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Cotton – Southwest – Some Dryland Planting is a Dust-in | Arizona’s 100+ Temps – AgFax May 27, 2020
Rio Grande Valley cutout has growers seeing the end for the dryland crop. Dryland fields in the South Plains and far West Texas, where there’s been no rain, have farmers dusting-in seeds.
Cotton – Southwest – Rain Shortage | Stink Bugs Plentiful – AgFax Aug 21, 2019
Panhandle and South Plains cotton is catching up due to high temperatures. But dry conditions are decreasing yield potential.
Cotton – Southwest – Bugs, Weeds, and The Heat is On – AgFax Jul 10, 2019
Lots of bug news: Conchuela and Brown stink bugs, moth flights, egg lays, fleahoppers and lygus
Southwest Cotton 5-22 More Planting. More Storms. – AgFax May 22, 2019
Twisters threatened many on Monday (5/20). Flooding is an issue for some after 3 to 5-inch drenchings. “We’re back to sitting on our hands,” notes IPM Agent Brad Easterling.
Cotton – Southwest – Stink Bugs Won’t Quit | Kansas Record Setter? – AgFax Aug 22, 2018
Custom harvesters are checking out the Kansas cotton crop. Stink bugs hit a 7-week run in far West Texas. Surely, they’re about done.
Cotton – Southwest – Irrigation Capacity No Match for Drought – W. Texas Jul 6, 2018
Rain finally arrived in parts of the Panhandle and south Plains. Central Texas remains parched and dryland abandonment is high in west Texas.
Cotton – Southwest – High Temps; Dryland Desperate – AgFax May 30, 2018
West Texas drought continues. Temps pushing 100+ this week. Dryland acres desperate for moisture. Kerry Siders talks about it.
AgFax Southwest Cotton: Flood Damage Ongoing; Other Regions Expect Good Harvest Sep 7, 2017
Thankfully, the Panhandle-South Plains area has a warm, clear weather forecast for the next 10 days, which will certainly help finish the late planted crop. New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arizona growers are looking […]
