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Texas A&M virtual High Plains Cotton Conference set for Jan. 28

The High Plains Cotton Conference, hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, will be presented online Jan. 28, with programming running from 9-11 a.m. CST. The program will be free to all, with sponsorship by FMC Corp. “We want to...

Northern High Plains cotton acres more than double in past 5 years

• By Kay Ledbetter • Cotton acreage continues to boom in the Texas High Plains north of Interstate 40, more than doubling in the past five years. Whether that is due to water savings or projections for improved profitability, Texas...

Cotton a key player in north Texas Panhandle water conservation

• By Kay Ledbetter • As crop production plans are adapting to the declining water levels in the Ogallala Aquifer, cotton is playing an increasingly important role in water conservation. While relatively new to the northern Texas Panhandle, cotton has a...

Lonestar Gin Up And Running

The Pampa, Texas, Facility Was Built To Gin 150,000 Bales Per Year. Over the past two decades, cotton acreage has expanded significantly into the Texas Panhandle. Corn has historically been a mainstay crop in this area, but diminishing irrigation capacity...

USDA-NASS Issues Season’s First Estimates For The Texas High Plains

• By Mary Jane Buerkle • In its first official crop production estimates for the Texas High Plains this season, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service pegged the 2019 upland cotton crop at 4.93 million bales harvested...

Northerly Migration

Construction of new and larger gins mirrors increasing cotton acres in the north Texas High Plains • By Vicky Boyd, Managing Editor • The number and sheer size of cotton gins in the north Texas High Plains continues to grow, fueled by...

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