Sturgeon Farmland News


June, 1998 THE LATEST SCOOP ON YOUR FARMLAND Volume 10, Number 2

El Niņo Disaster

El Niņo has had a terrible effect on our tenant's cotton fields this spring. The Pima was planted on April 22 and its progress is about 3 weeks late. And since Pima cotton is a long season cotton, the risks are substantial that our tenant will run into harvesttime problems.

This year our tenant planted all his Acala cotton to the Phytogen 33 variety that produced so well last year. The Acala was planted on May 1st. Unusually cold and wet weather delayed the Acala's emergence and caused a very thin stand. The Acala is also at least three weeks late.

Our tenant also planted milo this year. Milo is a very short season crop, so it is not late at all. Unfortunately, the profit potential of milo is nil. These photographs were taken on June 24th.

pima
Pima

acala
Acala

milo
Milo

At this time our tenant is extremely pessimistic as to the outcome of this year's farming venture.


Robert Sturgeon
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