Cotton crop thrives with timely rains across the state

COTTON THRIVES Yields were above-average at this dryland trial site at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Replicated Agronomic Cotton Evaluation, RACE, Trials in Wharton County. (Zack Eder/Texas A&M AgriLife)
COTTON THRIVES Yields were above-average at this dryland trial site at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Replicated Agronomic Cotton Evaluation, RACE, Trials in Wharton County. (Zack Eder/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Despite some challenges, cotton production is expected to be better than average due to timely rains this season, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service reports around the state.

Ben McKnight, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension statewide cotton specialist and assistant professor in the Texas A&M Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Bryan-College Station, said the Aug. 25 acreage report f…