Cold weather plus rain is affecting cotton farmers

  • COTTONCHALLENGES Novemberrainsareprovingchallenging to cotton farmers who still have their crops in the field. | TEXAS A & M AGRILIFE MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
    COTTONCHALLENGES Novemberrainsareprovingchallenging to cotton farmers who still have their crops in the field. | TEXAS A & M AGRILIFE MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

    AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — We hope for as much rain as possible here on the High Plains, but the amount we have seen in the past week could have hurt cotton farmers.

    “So right now in the Texas panhandle, I would say we’re probably about halfway through with most of the producers harvesting cotton this year, the rain for the last week or so has really slowed everything down,” said Texas A&M A…