Source: Roy Roberson, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 12/3/13

The ‘root’ of the problem was literally a lack of root system, compounded by the inability of farmers to plant on time and to fertilize their crops on time.

The results were inevitable and the bottom line impact of record  rainfall throughout much of the cropping season will be an economic  hurdle for those unfortunate to be in the heaviest hit areas.

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