*2024 Cotton field day information

FSA cotton acres

Table 1. Planted and failed acres for Texas Rolling Plains (or AgriLife District 3) cotton as of August 2024

For the all other county data, please visit here.

2. Weather

Table 2. Monthly precipitation though August

Location	May	June	July	August	2024 May- Aug Total	2023 May-August Total
West TX	1.5	1.5	1.4	0.4	4.7	5.2
South TX	2.3	2.1	2.5	0.0	6.9	7.5
Central TX	8.3	1.2	2.9	0.2	12.6	5.4
Rolling Plains TX	6.0	3.6	1.3	0.0	10.8	8.1
SW OK	3.9	1.1	2.6	2.4	9.9	18.5

Table 3. Monthly heat unit accumulation though August

Location	May	June	July	August	2024 May-August Total	2023 May – August Total
West TX	557	773	764	833	2927	2722
South TX	799	886	894	935	3514	3374
Central TX	570	792	796	868	3026	3159
Rolling Plains TX	528	766	801	888	2983	2689

3. Cotton variety trials

Table 4. 2023 RACE trial result

Full version of 2023 variety trial result (pdf) available in here.

Table 5. Stand count data for 2024 cotton trials

4. Cotton row configuration study (on-going)

I am comparing the cotton row configurations in irrigated and dryland fields.

Trt 1: 40″ x 8 rows – seed cost $102/a

Trt 2: 40″ x 8 rows with 1 skip – seed cost $89/a

Trt 3: 80″ x 4 rows – seed cost $51/a

Trt 4: 40″ x 8 rows with 2 skips – seed cost $77/a

Tell me from the link below which treatment would provide the best economic return (assuming all practices are same other than the row configurations)?

https://forms.office.com/r/MNyfZnJYYp

Planting: 5/21/2024

Variety: PHY 415 W3FE

Video: 9/11/2024

5. Past cotton trials

Cotton population study

All cotton articles here

6. Projects you can participate!

Research team will come to your fields to take soil samples! (First come first)

*Climate Smart Cotton project by Dr. Katie Lewis

*RegenAg project by Dr. Katie Lewis

*Texas Climate Smart Initiative by Dr. Julie Howe

*Regen Ag – soil health demonstration by Dr. Joseph Burke (Grower participation will be available in spring 2025)

Incentives available!

*Texas Climate Smart Initiative by Dr. Julie Howe

Much like the EQUIP program, incentives will be provided to you for the practices you would incorporate in your operation. List of practice incentives are found here.

*ORCOT – organic cotton project by Dr. Muthu Bagavathiannan

If you are an organic grower and interested to participate in the project, please contact Muthu at m.bagavathiannan@ag.tamu.edu.

Project update by Muthu at Organic Get Together in Seminole, TX