A lot of cotton is grown around here; they pretty much know before they plant whether they are going to have good crops, based on how much rain we've had, because it is dryland farming down here. But then, if we get too much rain after they've planted, it can ruin their crops, or make the fields too muddy to harvest.
The usually are finished harvesting by mid-summer; then it all goes to the gins, and from there, who knows?