By Ginger Rowsey
Delta Farm Press
It was a cool, wet start to May in the North Delta … again. This apparent weather trend once more pushed a lot of planting to the latter part of the month — causing more than a little worry among the region’s producers, particularly cotton growers.
But Patrick Turnage, a cotton farmer near Hayti, Mo., was unphased by the late start, and for several reasons. First, as a part owner of Caruthersville Gin, he’s committed to cotton. And while he isn’t a fan of planting it in June, as he puts it, “I’ll plant to May 34th.”