drought

For the first time in about 45 years, state officials are raising the cost farmers pay cotton gins to process their cotton. In the past decade, drought has hit Oklahoma's cotton industry hard.

Cotton is Texas’ largest crop, and industry experts say they expect just half the normal annual yield — which will drive up costs for consumers.

Despite recent rains in West Texas, much of the region and state remain under varying levels of drought. While this drought isn’t the worst in the state’s history – months with little to no rain has some cattle operations wondering just how long they can make it.

The Texas Tribune's Jayme Lozano and The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal's Brandi Addison talk about what the hot, dry year mean's for regional crops.

2011 was the driest year on record for Texas, causing an estimated cost of $7.62 billion in crop and livestock losses. A dry and hot June has many sounding alarm bells about 2022.

More than half of Texas is in extreme or exceptional drought conditions, leaving climatologists hoping for more rain during the months ahead.

Earlier this week, snow fell across different parts of Texas. But, it didn’t do much to help drought conditions in the South Plains region. After a dry…