West Texas cotton: high quality, low prices challenge local producers

  • West Texas cotton: high quality, low prices challenge local producers
    West Texas cotton: high quality, low prices challenge local producers
  • West Texas cotton: high quality, low prices challenge local producers
    West Texas cotton: high quality, low prices challenge local producers

    DESPITE THE ODDS, WEST TEXAS FARMERS KEEP PLANTING HOPE IN EVERY ROW

    STORY AND PHOTOS BY STEPHANIE ALLEN | POST DISPATCH

    Julia Childs, working part time at the Garlyn Coop Gin in Grassland, Texas, shared insights about this year’s cotton harvest and the industry’s ongoing challenges. Childs, who stepped in when the gin was without a bookkeeper, says the highlight of her job has been working with loc…