Cotton harvest continues (TX)

Weather for the week ending Nov. 25 was mostly cool and dry statewide, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Southern Plains Regional Field Office, Texas. Precipitation in the Upper Coat and South East Texas ranged from 0.2 to 1 inch, with isolated areas getting upwards of 2 inches. There were 5.6 days suitable for fieldwork.

Small grain seeding continued in the Northern High Plains and the Southern Low Plains. Some areas in the Cross Timbers and the Blacklands were still too moist to continue with small grains seedings.

Cotton harvest continued in the Low Plains, the Cross Timbers, the Blacklands, the Trans-Pecos, the Edwards Plateau and the Upper Coast, while it progressed slowly in the Northern High Plains. Sorghum harvest as ongoing in the Northern High Plains while corn harvest was nearing completion. Harvest of peanuts was underway in the Cross Timbers and continued progressing in South Texas.

Pecan harvest was underway in the Edwards Plateau and the Cross Timbers. Pecan harvest was delayed in areas of South Central Texas, causing pecans to sprout in the shell. Cooler conditions and supplemental water applications provided excellent growing conditions for spinach and cabbage in South Texas. Sugarcane, citrus and vegetable harvest continued in the Lower Valley.