Suspense Reigns

September is always a time of waiting and hoping on any farm with a significant portion of its land planted to cotton. The growing season is over and the cotton crop is almost ready for defoliation. This past crop year has been very expensive. Our tenant has had to have his cotton treated for all three of the major San Joaquin Valley cotton pests: spider mites, lygus bugs and aphids. With any luck at all, the voters will rid us of the other major agricultural pest on October 7th. Our tenant pumps his water using electricity, and since the State of California has completely bungled the electricity market, that electricity cost more by far than ever before.

Hazera Survivors

Our tenant planted some Hazera hybrid cotton last April. That cotton didn't germinate quickly enough, so he replanted that land with Roundup Ready Riata Acala cotton. Even though the Hazera cotton wasn't Roundup Ready, many of those plants survived the Roundup application put on the field. Shown below is a blossom from the Hazera cotton. As you can see, it is very similar to a Pima blossom except for lighter colors. For a comparison, see the picture of a Pima blossom in my Photo Gallery. Use your "Back" button to return to thi page.

Hazera Blossom

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