CARSON COUNTY, Texas (KVII) — Four hundred and fifty minutes below freezing last week was just enough of a start for select dryland cotton producers on the High Plains to get harvest underway.
“Yeah, we had sprayed some cotton prior to it, prepped it as they stay start opening the bolls and foliating it, so it gets it in the process ready to harvest faster,” said Joseph Slatten, ag producer.
“With the rains, I believe this cotton crop is a lot better than we imagined,” said Keith Mixon, general manager of Carson County Cotton Gin. “We’ve already seen some 2-bale dryland cotton. I think their grades are excellent. We haven’t seen any downside to it.”…