Source: Bob Kemerait, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 5/31/18


Many growers couldn’t buy a rain during the first half of May, and then couldn’t escape threats of daily downpours during the month’s second half.  These periods of extreme weather have left some struggling to figure out the best next step in growing their crops in 2018.  As one farmer confided with frustration May 30, “Bob, I am behind in all of my sprays, and I still have to plant 435 acres of cotton and peanuts.  How do I get out of this?”

For more of this story, click here.