{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fag-now.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fagnow-roundup-oct-24-2023-W_PdrjHj","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Southwestern Cotton - AgNow Roundup - Oct. 24, 2023","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/744e2a57-e922-4590-ac41-1a409e534770/347fc2d0-07c3-4e5d-9928-bc722fb265bf/agnow-horizontal-tumbnail-102423.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/a3a39207-453c-4d44-bf42-ae519d020659\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Southwestern Cotton - AgNow Roundup - Oct. 24, 2023\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"The 2023 cotton crop is nearing harvest across much of the southern part of the United States, so we're taking a look at how one of the most exported commodities, has fared this year.\nMeteorologist Matt Makens shows us how drought has mirrored much of the country's cotton-producing regions. He also has good news about rainfall moving into those areas.\nLast week's NASS Report estimates that 90% of the bolls across Oklahoma are open and about 12% of the state's crop is harvested. We talk with Jackson County, Oklahoma cotton producer Matt Muller about the 2023 crop in his area.\nFinally, Texas A&M AgriLife's Dr. Jourdon Bell about last year's cotton crop took such a hard hit and how the 2023 crop across the Texas Panhandle looks as harvest approaches."}