See video of the 2016 cotton harvest that is going on now in the Muleshoe area.  Thanks to Scott Miller, Ryan Harper and Ronnie Barrett for allowing us to film their cotton harvests.  Here are some cotton facts for the area from Plains Cotton, Inc.:  the average number of cotton bales the Texas High Plains produces each year is 3.7 million,  in 2015, the top 11 cotton-producing counties in the nation were within 80 miles of Lubbock, the nation’s No. 1 cotton-producing state is Texas.  The High Plains produces two-thirds of Texas cotton and cottonseed; 20-30 percent of U.S. cotton and cottonseed; and 3-5 percent of world cotton and cottonseed.  In 2014 Bailey County planted 79,800 acres of cotton, harvested 61,800 acres, and produced 71,000 bales of cotton.   A bale of cotton weighs 500 pounds.