AgFax MidSouth Rice Report
By Owen Taylor
AgFax
Midsouth planting continued to stall due to frequent rains over the last week. Forecasts do look better as we move into May, and several days of good planting conditions seem likely.
In the coastal rice belt, the crop is moving along quite well. Farmers jumped off to an early start across a wide area and warmer-than-average conditions pushed development. More rice is heading to flood. A small amount of early-planted rice is at or past green ring in both states.
Chinch bugs have built into heavy numbers in parts of southwest Louisiana. See comments by Dustin Harrell.