Texas’ cotton industry is facing its worst harvest in years — costing the state more than $2 billion

JAYME LOZANO | TEXAS TRIBUNE LUBBOCK — Cotton production has been decimated by drought and extreme heat this year, costing Texas High Plains farmers and other agricultural industries at least $2 billion, according to one estimate. “There’s just not much crop out there,” said Brad Heffington, a cotton farmer in Littlefield. “A lot of cotton burned up and a lo...

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