California Cotton Bounces Back
Brenda Carol
Contributing
"We're so far north that Pima is pretty risky," he says. "We try to plant 10 to 20 percent to Pima or Hazera, and the rest to Acala, which we generally roller-gin. If it's a lousy spring, and we can't plant until the second week in April, we'll forgo planting any Pima."
Factors such as the state of the dairy industry, water issues and crop competition, which drove the California cotton market into the dust over the past few years, are now some of the same factors bringing it back.
"A lot of growers invested in alternative crops – either permanent or row crops – which penciled out a lot more profitably as compared to cotton," Williams says. "Now the dynamics have changed somewhat. Additionally, cotton is a good rotational crop for tomatoes, garlic, onions and other row crops. It also works well on drip, which many growers have put in place."
source : cottonfarming
Brenda Carol
Contributing
"We're so far north that Pima is pretty risky," he says. "We try to plant 10 to 20 percent to Pima or Hazera, and the rest to Acala, which we generally roller-gin. If it's a lousy spring, and we can't plant until the second week in April, we'll forgo planting any Pima."
Factors such as the state of the dairy industry, water issues and crop competition, which drove the California cotton market into the dust over the past few years, are now some of the same factors bringing it back.
"A lot of growers invested in alternative crops – either permanent or row crops – which penciled out a lot more profitably as compared to cotton," Williams says. "Now the dynamics have changed somewhat. Additionally, cotton is a good rotational crop for tomatoes, garlic, onions and other row crops. It also works well on drip, which many growers have put in place."
source : cottonfarming
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