A multi-generational cotton farmer and President of Plains Cotton Growers shared his perspective on the current state of cotton production in West Texas, the largest cotton-growing region in the U.S.
According to Travis Mires, “Well we’re actually set now to own a pretty decent irrigated crop, we think. Just getting really close to being able to get it out, you know, and so, we’re looking forward to that. We’re not looking forward to the price, but we think we’ve got some production out there. Dry land in our area is just all over the board, you know. There’s some that’s just nearly non-existent since we had 45 days of +100-degree weather with no rain, and so, we just— a lot of it burnt up but we caught some showers in different areas in different parts of this country. So we do have some dry land that we’ll harvest, and, you know, that stuff actually count to make about 400 pounds to the acre, but our boll size is so small from that heat, we’re worried that we’re going to lose some production and then probably lose some quality as well.”
Overall, Mires highlighted how important farm program safety nets are for producers and encouraged his fellow farmers to get involved.
