Cotton 2009

While U.S. cotton production is expected to be slightly up this year, success of the Southeast crop depends on when the rain stops.

This field appears almost ready for harvest, but the weather is too wet, and it's been that way for weeks. Cotton needs plenty of dry weather in the fall to mature. Read more about the 2009 outlook for Central Alabama cotton and other crops HERE.

Photo by guest photographer Christine Weerts

Blooming Cotton

Cotton in Central Alabama has almost finished blooming! You can't see the blooms very well as I took this photo through the window of a moving vehicle. But, notice the irrigation system in the background. We've had so much rain lately, I doubt it's been needed, but perhaps the equipment was used during those 100-degree days in June.