HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Kansas cotton farmers are seeing better yields, but the crop is losing ground to other commodities.

The Hutchinson News  reports that cotton continues to lose acreage to corn, milo and other crops in Kansas.

Acreage for cotton spiked at more than 115,000 in 2006. But the Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service reports that the forecast for 2015 was 15,000 harvested acres, down 48 percent from 2014.

Cotton production in Kansas was forecast at 24,000 bales in 2015, down 50 percent from 2014.

But the crop is doing well where it’s still being grown. Custom cutter Steve Keimig says yields in southern Kansas have been helped by the perfect mix of sun, heat and rain.

Cotton has been growing in southern Kansas for about two decades.