Several states showed big increases in harvested acres, according to the October 28 USDA Crop Progress report.
USDA’s October 21 Crop Progress numbers for cotton really tell a story of a crop rushing to completion.
Extended, dry and warm weather across most of the Cotton Belt has now ended. But it helped growers harvest around the clock to get as much cotton out of the fields before cooler, wet conditions moved in, according to USDA.