![Cotton is dumped into a trailer at the Gibbs Farm in Tifton on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013.](https://secure.caes.uga.edu/news/multimedia/images/1430/In-trailer-low-res.jpg)
Cotton Defoliation
Georgia cotton farmers who were kept out of their fields by wet conditions are now waiting for their late planted crop to mature. University of Georgia cotton expert Guy Collins estimates 30 percent of the crop still needs to be harvested.