Cotton growers are also working to rebuild after the hurricanes. Georgia took a large hit from Helene, putting more hurt on an already struggling industry.
Georgia itself was down about 400,000 bales. It was one of the places hit hardest by Hurricane Helene as it came ashore. The majority of cotton remained open bowl at that point, and so we lost, according to NASS estimates, currently 400,000 bales in Georgia. We gained some of that back in Texas, which was up about 300,000 bales, Texas being the biggest cotton producer, and then some other declines elsewhere. So we netted it down 3,000 bales,” said Seth Meyer.
The Cotton Commission expects there to be some complete losses because of Helene, but they say the damage goes beyond just the crops.
