The USDA Crop Progress report for the week ending July 24 shows encouraging news for certain parts of the Cotton Belt.
Most of the Cotton Belt is still mostly hot and dry, and dryland acres range from being in serious trouble to kaput. Some rain has helped, but irrigation is going to be the key to making a crop. Plus, here come the bugs.
It’s still hot and dry across most of the Cotton Belt as crop management efforts start to intensify and insect pressure begins to build.