Impacts of hurricane winds on cotton and how to reduce risk

 

After last year’s devastating impacts of Hurricane Michael on the Georgia cotton crop, extension specialists and producers are trying to find ways to avoid a repeat of that huge loss by considering how to plant and manage the crops. The Southeast Farm Press posted a couple of articles recently describing some of the recommendations that cotton specialists are making to reduce farmers’ vulnerability to a hurricane, such as staggering plantings so that not all fields are ready for harvest at the same time. They also reviewed the losses from Hurricane Dorian in eastern North Carolina earlier this year.