GMO cotton of some variety. Every field up and down the Farm-to-Market roads has some company’s sign in the easement with their name and seed variety on it. Turbine in background.
Oh hell yeah. Back when I taught us history, I ordered boxes of unprocessed real cotton from a place in South Carolina so my students could have a hands-on experience with the plant that played such an important role is the country’s history. Neat to see it still going in 2026
It’s used to be picked by hand here, too. Usually by poor Hispanic folks. A small town’s school district nearby-ish is called the Cottonpickers.
A long time ago before I was a plumber a guy I did concrete work for had parents who followed the agriculture here, they picked cotton and when he was young, like just old enough to carry a bag and pick his own cotton, he went out into the fields too. I listened to a lot of his stories about picking cotton, onions, watermelon, strawberries, all kinds of stuff.
Across from this particular field is the co-op gin where the cotton is processed for the area. Once it’s bailed I’ll get some photos of the bales at the co-op. It’ll be in a week or two from the looks of it, this cotton is ready to be harvested and all the farmers are getting setup for this. The dent corn and sorghum have already been harvested.
I love farms with wind turbines, great aesthetic
