The latest drought numbers are showing a positive trend across most of the United States. While the we aren’t drought-free, we are moving in the right direction.
In Texas, things are also moving in the right direction.
That sad, NOAA still calls for persistence of drought conditions across most of the affected areas – including Texas – during the next month.
According to http://droughtreporter.unl.edu/ the most recent change given drought conditions is cotton production:
Drought damaged cotton in Texas since the U.S. Department of Agriculture put out its U.S. harvest forecast in May of 14 million bales. The Aug. 12 forecast was downgraded to 13.05 bales. Estimated production for the Texas cotton crop fell to 4.12 million bales, a decline of 18 percent, due to drought. Texas is the nation’s largest cotton grower. Washington Post (D.C.), Aug. 29, 2013
The Texas Department of Agriculture, Texas Water Development Board and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department are asking people to to post their personal drought pictures to Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Flickr using hashtag #txdrought or on Instagram at texasdrought, through Sept. 30.
In a statement from the agencies:
Photos should illustrate how the drought is affecting daily life — whether it is dry creek beds, withered crops, native plants flourishing in the dry climate or the innovative water conservation measures Texans are using to combat drought,
