The Rio Grande Valley's cotton harvest is wrapping up with yields 10-15% above average — good weather and light pest pressure helped. But acreage remains ~1/3 of historic levels, and half the Valley's cotton gins sit idle.

The Rio Grande Valley's cotton harvest is wrapping up with yields 10-15% above average — good weather and light pest pressure helped. But acreage remains ~1/3 of historic levels, and half the Valley's cotton gins sit idle.