2020 Cotton Crop Quality Threatened by Heavy Rainfall in Louisiana
By Brian Briggs, KTVE/KARD
RICHLAND PARISH, LA — Cotton is not hard to find here in Richland Parish, which is considered to be one of the white gold capitals of the South. Back in 2019, they had a record yield due to good weather conditions. However, with recent natural disasters, 2020’s yield may not be so golden.
“To make cotton make any money this year, it’ll be really hard to make it work” Edward Greer, Cotton Farmer and President of Rayville Producers Inc. said.
The agriculture industry is expected to receive another financial blow, this time from cotton.
“Cotton keeps the economy going better than grain crops do. It effects everyone from the car dealers to the people in the mall, the people who work on the farms, to the growers themselves to the agribusinesses that serve the farmers” Greer said.