SILVER CITY, Miss. (DTN) -- Rain at just the right time in the growing season makes the difference between an average and phenomenal crop; during harvest, it becomes the deciding factor between a crop safely in the bin and one that rots in the field.
That's the situation Thomas Clay faces this fall. From September 13, right when his soybeans were ready to harvest, to October 13, his Humphreys County, Miss., farm received 25 inches of rain.
Since then, he's harvested about 250 acres, but that leaves 1,400 acres still in the field -- and all but about 100 acres ...
