A hot and mostly dry July has set in across the Texas Panhandle and South Plains, and although some recent spotty rains have helped the crop along, growers are managing water and hoping another rainfall event comes along soon – without any severe weather. Unfortunately, the weather forecast does not bode well for that, with only slight chances in the Lubbock area over the next several days. Many growers report having a beautiful crop on both irrigated and dryland acreage, but the dryland especially needs another shot of precipitation or it will begin to struggle significantly. Although a good amount of cotton region-wide ...