Increased cotton demand can improve 2026 crop outlook
With a John Deere 770 cotton stripper, Collingsworth County producer Rusty Strickland harvests his 2025 irrigated crop in the Marilla community, north of Quail. Cotton harvest for Strickland Farms be-See gan in early November and finished the middle of December. Strickland Farms
WELLINGTON – While cotton harvest began in early October, Farmers Co-op Society #1 ginned its last bale of the 2025 crop on Jan. 19 for a total of 61,147 bales.With the 10-year low of only 46,847 bales ginned for the 2024 crop, the 10-year average is 86,670. The 125,689 bales ginned in 2016 is the highest count.
“My dryland yields were great, and my irrigated yields were normal,” said Rusty Strickl…
