In Odem, Texas, outside Corpus Christi, Jon Whatley and his crew are gearing up to start harvesting corn. In a few weeks, it’ll be cotton.
Whatley owns J&K Whatley Farms, and his cotton fields are about 80% done blooming. In the last stages of its life, a cotton flower turns shades of white, pink and red.
“So, one day white, three days red, and then dead. So it’s gettin’ close, gettin’ close,” Whatley said…