DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) – Consistent rains over the next couple of weeks could produce strong cotton and peanut crops in Alabama, despite a relatively dry year. However, as peanuts and cotton approach their peak water needs, any dry spells could dash hopes for a good year after a tough 2018. That’s the assessment of William Birdsong, an agronomist at the…
Its getting close to Alabama’s harvest season. Hay, peanut and cotton farmers are experiencing difficulties due to the heavy amounts of rain. Jesse Oglesby and his family own a hay farm. He says this season has not been kind to their farm. “It has been terrible,” Oglesby said. “Last year, there wasn’t quite as much rain. We were able to…
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A Dallas County cotton farmer says above average rainfall totals this year is affecting his crops. Cotton farmer Roy Moore says he’s had to deal with a lot of wet weather on his farm this year. Weather officials rain totals for this time of year are 23 inches higher than normal. Moore says cotton plants…
