Texas cotton crop outlook uncertain, despite recent rains

  • WEATHER EFFECTS will likely make cotton prices volatile until the market has a good estimate of how many cotton bales will be produced. | TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE PHOTO
    WEATHER EFFECTS will likely make cotton prices volatile until the market has a good estimate of how many cotton bales will be produced. | TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE PHOTO

    ADAM RUSSELL | TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE

    Texas cotton growers whose crops held on through recent weather could find strong prices during a summer of uncertainty, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.

    John Robinson, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension cotton economist, Bryan-College Station, said the 2023 cotton season will be the most uncertain he has ever analyzed. This uncertainty wil…