Things are winding down on the southern High Plains; the corn and sorghum are in the elevator. But the cotton gins are running full speed on this Thanksgiving day; module trucks are hauling cotton to the gins as fast as possible ahead of a rainy cold front that will hit tonight.
It has not been a good year for agricultural producers; cotton and corn market prices are below the cost of production and sugarcane aphid decimated the sorghum crop (see previous post). But this is Thanksgiving and a time to reflect on the good things. Here are some photos taken on this Thanksgiving day. Times are tough but we always give thanks.
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| Cotton modules in the field; these are the new type made by John Deere cotton strippers. |
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| Old style cotton modules (left) at the gin yard and the new modules from a John Deere cotton stripper. |
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| Cotton modules at the gin yard as the first clouds of an approaching cold front arrive. |
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| Cotton gin southeast of Levelland, Texas on Thanksgiving day. The gin was running full speed and the module hauling trucks were almost causing traffic jams on the Farm to Market road. |
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