Will Republican control of Congress lead to updated ag laws? Texas farmers hope so. The historical bipartisan legislation includes a bevy of policies from crop insurance to food stamps. The Texas Tribune · Jan 9, 2025
Watch: Panhandle cotton farmers, rural economies struggle under “exceptional” drought conditions “A year like this, where everything is disaster, is just, I’d say, devastating,” cotton farmer Steven Walker said. The Texas Tribune · Dec 21, 2022
Drought takes toll on country’s largest cotton producer Drought and extreme heat have severely damaged much of the cotton harvest in the U.S., which produces roughly 35% of the world’s crop The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022
Record-breaking Texas drought results in over $2 billion in losses to cotton crop Cotton farmer Brian Adamek figures he’ll lose about $750 an acre on his 2,000-acre South Texas farm this year because of a summerlong drought that has plagued Texas. Tribune News Service · Sep 16, 2022