West Texas is so flat you can see the dust from tractors plowing the fields for miles and miles. The cotton crops have already put flowers on so I’m pretty sure this guy was a Valencia peanut farmer, not a cotton farmer. The Valencias are so tasty and good, the Goodart Peanut Brittle Co. in Fort Worth contracts with a lot of the Valencia farmers.
I took this 75 mph photo on our way to Lubbock Monday.
@happypat the peanut farmers in a county west of this photo produce the most peanuts in the USA. Peanut farming was a godsend for West Texas farmers when the bottom fell out of the cotton market oh twenty years ago. They are not as labor intensive and expensive to produce as wine grapes are. We had seen mile after mile of cotton fields so I was surprised to see the plowing tractor on land that didn’t have anything on it. This farmer is making money from the land he sold to the wind turbine company, too.
@pcoulson Jerry was driving, ha! @summerfield thank you Vikki! Yes, sometimes when I see a photo op coming up I take several shots as we drive by, usually one is a keeper. @happysnaps@sugarmuser thank you so much!
@milaniet West Texas is dry almost all the time. When I talk to my sister in Lubbock, they rejoice at even 1/2 inch of rain. @fayefaye@danette@bkbinthecity thank you so much for your comments!
Great capture on the move! Beautiful shot of United States landscape! The colors are wonderful. Cropland in Iowa is covered with wind turbines too and when it's dry, the farmers farm in a dust storm! fav
