STARKVILLE, Miss. — Agriculture experts at Mississippi State University say Mississippi’s soybean crop needs more moisture to complete what has at times been a dry season.
Mississippi State’s University Extension Service says recent rains, along with irrigation, have helped after a dry spell in June. But Trent Irby, a soybean expert with the extension service, says in a news release that more rain is needed over the next several weeks.
Planting began in late March this year and continued through early July. Mississippi has 2.13 million soybean acres this year.