Cotton
Showers also are benefiting winter wheat on the Plains.
Report to show On Feed at 102% of year-ago, which is below last month’s level.
USDA crop progress and condition report highlights.
Martell outlines key weather events.
The Oil Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Program is a long-running effort to make sure petroleum products don’t enter the U.S. water supply.
Summer crop area expected to be similar to year-ago.
Following the recent record-high cotton prices, demand for cotton has steadily decreased while output has increased.
Says slowdown in global economy behind reduction to forecast.
Cotton is a “mixed bag” in the Panhandle and South Plains, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel.
Texas producers are abandoning irrigated fields of cotton, corn, sorghum and hay as wells run dry.