Wonderful Fall Weather
10-27-2026
This weather is what we pray for at Harvest time. Defoliation chores are essentially finished, although I have a recipe list on the '2026 Defoliation Guideline' for fields that may have been extremely late or otherwise a lower priority and have not been sprayed. Hopefully these late fields will be completed this week. It's hard to think there would be anything to gain by waiting with this pretty weather that remains. Farmers are reporting yields as good or better than last year although we still had some extreme drought that is turning some fields into just average. While we love to get nice rain all summer, the negative impact of heavy rain during the growing season seems more difficult to overcome the concerns of dry weather. A strong correlation to cotton success seems to be good fall conditions. Other postive factors that mattered seem to be related to lower insect density along with excellent products. I think having the long periods without rain after spraying also allowed for extended control of bugs as well as growth no matter what strategy you used as long as you used a best managment practice strategy. We'll continue to pray for favor and a continuation of the 2026 Cotton Success.
Safe Harvesting.
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