Is Comeback Inevitable?
Economists Across The Belt Point To Encouraging
Market Signals For 2010
Tommy Horton
Smith came to Lubbock 25 years ago, and he's pleased at how Texas can now compete with any other region in the world in terms of cotton quality.
"I think the future looks good for cotton in Texas and particularly here in the High Plains," he says. "Even with limited irrigation, we're still making 1,000 pounds per acre in most cases. That works better than 5,000-pound grain sorghum. And, in the Lubbock area, there isn't water to support corn in most situations."
Cotton Has A Home In Texas
Smith isn't ready to project a specific number for how improved prices will affect increases in Texas cotton acreage in 2010. But he knows that the 4.9 million bale figure that the state produced in 2009 could easily increase by one million bales in 2010.
source : cottonfarming
Economists Across The Belt Point To Encouraging
Market Signals For 2010
Tommy Horton
Smith came to Lubbock 25 years ago, and he's pleased at how Texas can now compete with any other region in the world in terms of cotton quality.
"I think the future looks good for cotton in Texas and particularly here in the High Plains," he says. "Even with limited irrigation, we're still making 1,000 pounds per acre in most cases. That works better than 5,000-pound grain sorghum. And, in the Lubbock area, there isn't water to support corn in most situations."
Cotton Has A Home In Texas
Smith isn't ready to project a specific number for how improved prices will affect increases in Texas cotton acreage in 2010. But he knows that the 4.9 million bale figure that the state produced in 2009 could easily increase by one million bales in 2010.
source : cottonfarming
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