After a long summer of extreme heat, Texas has been battered by a lingering drought that’s damaging crops, drying up water supplies and causing wildfires.
A late summer thunderstorm forms over the remnants of the 2021 cotton crop in Terry County. Cotton crops have been hit especially hard by drought over the past two years in Texas.A lingering drought affecting more than 80% of Texas is causing wildfires, hurting agriculture and drying up water supplies throughout the state.
After widespread rains in May and June that brought much of the state out of drought, Texas suffered through one of its hottest, driest summers on record. East Texas, Central Texas, South Texas and some parts of West Texas are now affected by some level of drought — areas where 24.1 million people live, according toTexas voters will head to the ballot box in November to decide whether the state should spend $1 billion to create a water fund to build new water supply projects.
“Compared to other crops tends to do better in hot, dry weather. But, it can still be damaged if it doesn’t receive enough rain,” said John Robinson, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension cotton economist. “It’s just another bad year for cotton.”
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