California Cotton Bounces Back
Brenda Carol
The Choice: Pima Or Acala
Bowles sees some planting options utilizing either Pima or upland cotton.
"We're so far north that Pima is pretty risky," he says. "We try to plant 10 to 20 percent to Pima or Hazera, and the rest to Acala, which we generally roller-gin. If it's a lousy spring, and we can't plant until the second week in April, we'll forgo planting any Pima."
Factors such as the state of the dairy industry, water issues and crop competition, which drove the California cotton market into the dust over the past few years, are now some of the same factors bringing it back.
source : cottonfarming
Brenda Carol
The Choice: Pima Or Acala
Bowles sees some planting options utilizing either Pima or upland cotton.
"We're so far north that Pima is pretty risky," he says. "We try to plant 10 to 20 percent to Pima or Hazera, and the rest to Acala, which we generally roller-gin. If it's a lousy spring, and we can't plant until the second week in April, we'll forgo planting any Pima."
Factors such as the state of the dairy industry, water issues and crop competition, which drove the California cotton market into the dust over the past few years, are now some of the same factors bringing it back.
source : cottonfarming
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