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Lubbock County cotton planted acres fell by about 22,000 from 2024, while sunflower acres rose sixfold to 9,000. Farmers report poor returns on sorghum, corn and wheat alternatives.
Shifts in local acreage from cotton to other crops are small relative to national supply and have minimal effect on feed grain prices.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.