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Cotton farmers on the Rolling Plains are facing another year of and challenging weather conditions and low yields.Kevin Conzine, a cotton farmer in Jones and Haskell counties, was optimistic for a good crop this year.But it proved to be another difficult season with a hot, dry summer.“Harvest is not turning out very good,” he said. “Out of the 3,000 acres planted, it looks like I’ll probably harvest somewhere around 600 acres of it.”The year began with a promising wet spring, but from July to September, Conzine and other farmers in the area faced severe drought and high temperatures.“There was no ...

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