Increased cotton demand can improve 2026 crop outlook

By Bev Odom on Thursday, February 19, 2026
  • 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
    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,” sa...

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