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<blockquote data-quote="tug" data-source="post: 5437495" data-attributes="member: 4692"><p><a href="https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/business/2022/10/01/cotton-production-worse-than-expected-around-lubbock-west-texas/69532503007/" target="_blank">Cotton crop failure in TX</a></p><p></p><p>My deer plots are dirt piles right now. But I try to keep things in perspective.</p><p></p><p>My friends and family in West Texas are in dire financial straights. 4 inches of rain since February. With inflation, electricity is up 20%, diesel is $5, seed is out of sight. My best friend has $700,000 invested in a section of irrigated cotton right now. He will have to make 2+ bales to the acre to break even. And he has the best crop in the area. There will be bankruptcies by the score this year. </p><p></p><p>From the article...."With a regional production loss of about 65%, Hudson said the region could face a $2.1 billion loss in total economic activity and more than 17,100 job cuts across the region. Even with crop insurance, that loss would only slightly decrease to a still-detrimental $1.2 billion and about 9,200 job cuts."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tug, post: 5437495, member: 4692"] [URL='https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/business/2022/10/01/cotton-production-worse-than-expected-around-lubbock-west-texas/69532503007/']Cotton crop failure in TX[/URL] My deer plots are dirt piles right now. But I try to keep things in perspective. My friends and family in West Texas are in dire financial straights. 4 inches of rain since February. With inflation, electricity is up 20%, diesel is $5, seed is out of sight. My best friend has $700,000 invested in a section of irrigated cotton right now. He will have to make 2+ bales to the acre to break even. And he has the best crop in the area. There will be bankruptcies by the score this year. From the article...."With a regional production loss of about 65%, Hudson said the region could face a $2.1 billion loss in total economic activity and more than 17,100 job cuts across the region. Even with crop insurance, that loss would only slightly decrease to a still-detrimental $1.2 billion and about 9,200 job cuts." [/QUOTE]
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