Ryan McGeeney
February 23, 2019
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Continuously wet conditions further delayed the work of field preparation throughout much of Arkansas during the week ending Feb. 22, as intermittent rains continue to saturate soils in the state.
At production meetings organized by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture in January and February, both growers and agronomists have noted the delay in field preparation for the 2019 planting season.
Jarrod Hardke, rice agronomist for the Division of Agriculture, said Feb. 22 that it appears increasingly unlikely that any growers in the state will be able to plant rice on March 15, typically the start of the early planting season.