Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 79, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 3, 2013 Page: 6 of 14
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rSQG 6A Seminole (Texas)Sentinel • Wednesday, July 3,2013
News
Crops: C ertifications, Claims, and Acreage
By Dustin Wright
Sentinel Managing Editor
Gaines County agriculture
producers are steadily beginning the
process of seeking crop insurance
claims, according to local sources
with the Andrews/Gaines County
U.S. Dept, of Agriculture/Farm
Service Center and crop insurance
businesses.
The moves by local producers
comes in the wake of continuing
drought conditions, and in some
cases, damage from recent severe
weather within the region.
''We're seeing anywhere from 25-
to-40 producers a day coming in to
certify their acreage with us," said
Darryl Perryman of the Andrews/
Gaines FSA office. "It's been busy,
but it's been expected because of
the (weather) conditions."
Through Monday (July 1), areas
around the Seminole community
have received just over 4.03 inches
of precipitation for the 2013 calender
year, while residents around the
Seagraves community had received
exactly four inches of precipitation,
according to figures from Texas
Tech University's mesonet weather
monitoring system. That total is well
below the 8-plus inches of rainfall
typically seen through the month
of June.
Perryman stated he was uncertain
in the number of planted crop
acreage and failed acreage for
Gaines County producers thus far
for the 2013 crop year, as local
producers have until mid-July to
certify crops through the local FSA
office.
"It's too early to tell how many
planted acres we have and how
many (acres) will be classified as
failed at this time," said Perryman.
"It may be toward the end (of July)
before we have those figures."
Kyle Freeman of Silver Star Crop
Insurance said Thursday local
producers who purchase insurance
through his business — once certified
through the local USD A office -- have
began requesting appointments
with insurance adjusters to begin the
claim process for failed acreage.
"We've been a little busy," said
Freeman. "And, I expect we will be
for a while."
Freeman said in speaking
with local producers through his
business, drought conditions were
playing a primary role in the early
claims process, especially with
dryland producers, while severe
weather affecting some Gaines
County producers. Especially those
growers situated along the Texas/
New Mexico state line, where recent
severe weather dumped hail in
addition to high winds and light
precipitation.
Though recent weather patterns
somewhat promised to begin the
reset process on the area's most
recent drought, a Texas A&M
University climatologist recently
stated the western half of Texas will
likely see below-normal precipitation
from now through August, adding to
the area's already dry conditions.
“We are looking for above- normal
rainfall, and we’re not having an
easy time finding it,” said Dr. John
Nielsen-Gammon, a Texas State
Climatologist based out of College
Station.
Temperatures were expected
to be above normal for all of the
southern plains this summer, Nielsen
Gammon said.
“The short-range and long-range
outlooks are sort of opposites,’ he
said. “We’ve got decent chances
of rain in West Texas over the next
week or two, while the Gulf Coast
is going to stay fairly dry. But over
the summer, the outlook from the
Climate Prediction Center has the
best chances for rain being along the
Gulf Coast with drier conditions in
West Texas.”
In the 2012 calender year, 10.78
and 10.39 inches of precipitation
were seen in the Seminole
and Seagraves communities,
respectively. A vast improvement
from the 3.54 and 3.44 inches
of rainfall seen in the entire 2011
calender year - the driest annual
totals seen for the respective
communities, according to local
historial weather information.
Due to drought conditions in the
2012 calender year, Gaines County
saw 108,500 acres of 373,100
acres planted fail, according to
figures from the USDA's National
Agricultural Statistics Service online
database.
In a breakdown of USDA figures,
an estimated 107,500 acres not
harvested in 2012 calender year
were from Gaines County's planted
cotton crops.
On Friday, officials with the Plains
Cotton Growers Assoc, stated in
a press release on their website
that their 41-county coverage area
- which includes Gaines County
- had planted cotton than they did
in 2012, citing a June 28 USDA
Planted Acreage Report.
High Plains producers planted
less cotton than they did in 2012,
according to the June 28 USDA
Planted Acreage Report.
The USDA's National Agricultural
Statistics Service reports that 3.7
million acres of High Plains land were
planted to cotton this year, about a
12 percent decrease from the 4.17
million acres planted in 2012. This
number is right in line with PCG's
projection as published in the March
29 issue of Cotton News, which was
based on feedback from member
gins and growers.
The northern portion of PCG's
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service area saw more of an acreage
shift, from just more than 1 million
in 2012 to 860,000 in 2013, a
16 percent decrease. Planted
acreage was down 10 percent in
the Southern High Plains, from
3.15 million acres in 2012 to 2.84
million in 2013.
The drop was expected by many
analysts, although these numbers
actually are closer to the five-year
average for the PCG service area.
’This acreage report is significant,
but does not necessarily foretell
production," PCG Executive Vice
President Steve Verett said. "Since
those surveys, we have lost quite a
bit of cotton acreage on the High
Plains to severe weather events,
and we certainly are still in a drought
situation. A few timely rains could
make all the difference in the world
for the 2013 crop."
Thanks to some much-needed
precipitation, overall progress of
this year's High Plains cotton crop
is closer to what could be called a
typical year, but growers still face
challenges. Additional rain still is
needed across the entire area in
order to sustain the crop.
Temperatures have exceeded the
100-degree mark over most of the
High Plains in the past week, but
forecasts predict cooler temperatures
and chances of rain over the next
several days.
Statewide, USDA reports that 5.7
million acres of upland cotton were
planted, a 13 percent decrease from
2012 when Texas producers planted
6.55 million acres. Nationwide,
planted acreage for upland cotton
is estimated at 10 million, down 17
percent from 2012.
The June Acreage Report is
based on producer surveys of actual
planted acreage information. It is
the market's first glimpse of how
many acres have actually been
planted to various crops during the
current growing season and sets
the stage for evaluating where the
crop stands at this point. Up until
now acreage discussions have been
based on survey results designed to
get a handle on producer intentions
before they had actually put a seed
in the ground.
Gaines County
Sporting Events
July 4
Chamber of Commerce 3 Person Scramble, Yoakum
County Golf Course
July 6
Jack & Jill Tournament, Gaines County Golf Course,
Course Closed
July 7
Jack & Jill Tournament, Gaines County Golf Course,
Course Closed
July 8
WTGCSA Scramble, 1:30 Rev Shotgun, Gaines County
Golf Course
Optimist T-Ball, G.C. Braves vs Suncot Gin Pirates,
7 p.m.
Optimist T-Ball, Baja Broadband Yankees vs Thriftway
Rangers, 7:45 p.m.
Optimist T-Ball, Pioneer Gin Indians vs. Dagley
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July 9
Optimist Club T-Ball, Browns Ace Hardware Astros vs
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Optimist Club T-Ball, Suncot Gin Pirates vs Baja
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Wright, Dustin. Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 79, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 3, 2013, newspaper, July 3, 2013; Seminole, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth787596/m1/6/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gaines County Library.