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Crops 'desperate' for rain
Just a month ago the rivers were rising and heavy rains, high winds and hail were damaging crops and delaying planting.
Now it's too dry.
"We are in desperate need for a rain," County Agent Glen Daniels said this week. "This is critical for all the crops."
Daniels said late-planted corn "that has not tasseled yet" is particularly in critical need of rain.
"Farmers who have irrigation are way ahead of the game," said Daniels, adding that those who don't will see their yields reduced in two weeks if the dry weather continues.
"Cotton will shed its squares because of dry weather and the leaves will curl up on the top of soybeans," he said. "The temperature is increasing and so is the absorption of moisture. Cotton is more dry tolerate."
Temperatures are expected to hover around the mid-90s all week.
Daniels said 90,000 acres of soybeans were planted parishwide as were 45,000 acres of corn, 19,000 acres of cotton, 14,000 acres of rice and 5,500 acres of grain sorghum.
"We need about two to three inches of slow rain," said Daniels. |
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