A multitude of factors is forcing many cotton gins across the Big Country and surrounding areas to scale back production, ...

But the recent triple-digit heat means the number of irrigated fields ... cotton is to not just his gin, but the entire area. “This drought is going to have a huge impact on West Texas, and ...

Fennel says if rains don’t hit these Texas fields in the next month, it’ll be devastating to the West Texas cotton crop. Just this past weekend, West Texas farmers had chances of rain.