Source: SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 10/15/18

Farmers are still trying to get a handle on the extent of damage left behind by Hurricane Michael. One thing officials do know for sure is that Michael devastated Georgia’s cotton crop. Georgia typically produces the second-largest cotton crop in the nation. USDA had predicted a cotton crop of 2.9 million bales this year, second only to Texas in total production. However, only 15 percent of Georgia’s crop had been harvested before the storm came through. Twenty percent of the state’s cotton crop was planted late, so some of that may be okay.

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