Soybean Planting Mostly Delayed, Acreage Up Across Mid-South
By Ron Smith
Delta Farm Press
Mid-South soybean farmers are taking advantage of any break in rainy weather to plant what most observers expect to be a significant bump in acreage over last year.
Planting progress is running ahead of schedule in Louisiana but delayed in Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee, according to Extension specialists. Those specialists say producers have plenty of time to catch up if they get decent weather.