For some cotton farmers in the South Plains, Friday was the planting deadline and some are saying so far, so good.
Steven Brosch has land in Lynn and Garza counties, and said they were working hard to get everything planted before the June 10 deadline. Some of his land is in Lubbock county, and that final planting deadline was June 5.
“We were running long, long days, into the night, trying to get this in, but hard work pays off, so it’s good,” Brosch said.
Brosch said his family was lucky and did not have to replant after the rain in early June.
“We were very lucky, we saved every bit of that, it’s all up, it all looks good,” Brosch said.
Steve Verett is the executive vice president of Plains Cotton Growers. He said right now, they’re ready for some weather that will allow for producers to get out in the fields and get some work done before the next big rain.
“About July the 4th we need to be looking at trying to have some rain in that time period,” Verett said. that’s usually about the time cotton will begin to maybe start blooming, and start setting fruit, so it will need a good rain about then.”
He said a good rain around that time will help both dryland producers and those who irrigate.
“Certainly the rain will help with that, it will help the irrigated folks, that maybe they won’t have to irrigate as much, they can keep those costs down, but it will also benefit the non-irrigated producers, or the dryland growers to be able to produce a good yield to overcome where the price is now,” Verett said.
