Farmers and agricultural producers are in a wait-and-see mode after the generous rains received this month in Dawson, Borden and Lynn counties, as well as the rest of the South Plains.
“The insurance adjusters have already been looking at the cotton, since about Sept. 15,” Chris Rhodes, manager of United Gin, told the this week. “But I think the farmers won’t take that first offer and will ask the adjusters to wait until the bolls open up.”
Rhodes is hopeful that the rains still will aid the 2014 cotton crop.
“I still think it will help. But, we’re just playing the waiting game for now,” he said.
Gary Roschetzky, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Agent for Dawson County, admits there will be some damage to the cotton plants due to heavy rainfall amounts.
“You’re gonna see some regrowth. There may still be some boll fill, but how good is the quality of the cotton going to be this year?” he told on Wednesday morning.
Some cotton already was turning black-purple due to 40 degree temperatures during the nighttime hours recently.
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