YOUR TEXAS AGRICULTURE MINUTE

Seeds of optimism planted with this year’s Texas cotton crop

By Gary Joiner
Publisher

About 30% of the Texas cotton crop has been planted thus far.

Most of the remaining acreage is on the Texas High Plains. The area is the nation’s largest cotton patch—about 4 million acres strong.

And it is productive. The Texas High Plains produces 66% of our state’s cotton and cottonseed. It produces 30% of the nation’s cotton and cottonseed.

Recent moisture has given High Plains cotton growers some much-needed momentum after devastating drought. Seeds of optimism are being planted with the 2023 crop.

In 2021, Lynn County was the number-one cotton-producing county in the nation. Growers there and elsewhere on the High Plains would love another bumper crop.

It’s interesting to note U.S. paper money is made of 75% cotton and 25% linen.

There’s no doubt the High Plains economy is made of Texas cotton and area agriculture.

The preceding commentary is brought to you by Texas Farm Bureau, the “Voice of Texas Agriculture.” Called “Your Texas Agriculture Minute,” TFB will issue thought-provoking editorials each week—via print and audio—to spark understanding of agriculture in the Lone Star State and its impact on each and every Texan.

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