Soybean farmers in the United States enjoy a rebound year despite record rainfall in June
Soybean
United States
Published Jan 20, 2022
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Arkansas soybean farmers were set for a solid return year in 2021 after years of battling low prices, bad weather and problems connected with the COVID-19 pandemic. Jeremy Ross, extension...
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Arkansas soybean farmers were set for a solid return year in 2021 after years of battling low prices, bad weather and problems connected with the COVID-19 pandemic. Jeremy Ross, extension soybean agronomist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said that overall the soybean harvest was good, but a torrential rain storm during the late Spring cost farmers millions more in potential profits. “We had a good year,” Ross said. “But we could’ve had a really good year.” A record rainfall and flooding event that struck Southeast Arkansas during the first week of June impacted 600,000 acres of corn, cotton, rice and soybeans. Ross and other experts estimated a loss of about $70 million in soybean production alone. And while many growers replanted in soybeans, they knew they were likely to see significant yield reduction in those acres given the late date relative to the planting and growing seasons. “Talking to growers that had to do replanting in that area, ...
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