Readers Rate Crop 'Good To Fair'
• "This cotton crop had a lot of potential until the September rains started. Almost continuous wet and overcast conditions for about six weeks have reduced it to an unbelievably big mess that may not even get harvested if predicted weather becomes a reality. I've often heard the old guys talk about the 1957 crop. Now I know what they mean. Maybe next year – if we can survive financially."
• "In north Alabama, I picked six modules on Oct. 15. Cotton was too wet to pick, but better picked wet than on the ground. I estimate 600/700 pounds per acre but think quality will be terrible. The 80-acre field we picked would have been the best cotton that farm had ever made if I could have defoliated and picked on time. I think the crop has 20 to 25 percent yield loss. A lot of cotton is on the ground." – D. Hodge, New Market, Ala.
• "Early heat and drought followed by too much rain means I see a lot of 350-pound cotton. Some is around 500 pounds, and, in places, 800 pounds. I'm in south Alabama, and we'll be glad when this year is history." – Wiley Farrar, Canoe, Ala.
source : cottonfarming
• "This cotton crop had a lot of potential until the September rains started. Almost continuous wet and overcast conditions for about six weeks have reduced it to an unbelievably big mess that may not even get harvested if predicted weather becomes a reality. I've often heard the old guys talk about the 1957 crop. Now I know what they mean. Maybe next year – if we can survive financially."
• "In north Alabama, I picked six modules on Oct. 15. Cotton was too wet to pick, but better picked wet than on the ground. I estimate 600/700 pounds per acre but think quality will be terrible. The 80-acre field we picked would have been the best cotton that farm had ever made if I could have defoliated and picked on time. I think the crop has 20 to 25 percent yield loss. A lot of cotton is on the ground." – D. Hodge, New Market, Ala.
• "Early heat and drought followed by too much rain means I see a lot of 350-pound cotton. Some is around 500 pounds, and, in places, 800 pounds. I'm in south Alabama, and we'll be glad when this year is history." – Wiley Farrar, Canoe, Ala.
source : cottonfarming
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