Farm Progress

Harvest is well under way in the Mid-South

Ron Smith, Editor

September 28, 2018

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It’s report card time in the Mid-South.

The crops have been planted, nurtured through the season and protected to the best of farmers’ abilities. Now it’s time to get their grades.

We’ve been looking at cotton, soybean, corn and rice fields across the Mid-South in recent weeks and, based on a few roadside estimates, augmented by a few up close and personal observations and assessments from farmers, combines and cotton pickers will gather some fairly good yields.

As is the case every year, farmers will have hits and misses, bin busters and just busts, dependent mostly on rain—not enough or too much.

We’re hoping for more bin busters than disappointing yields. Here are a few photos of ready-to-harvest and harvest in progress fields from recent trips into farm country.

About the Author(s)

Ron Smith

Editor, Farm Progress

Ron Smith has spent more than 30 years covering Sunbelt agriculture. Ron began his career in agricultural journalism as an Experiment Station and Extension editor at Clemson University, where he earned a Masters Degree in English in 1975. He served as associate editor for Southeast Farm Press from 1978 through 1989. In 1990, Smith helped launch Southern Turf Management Magazine and served as editor. He also helped launch two other regional Turf and Landscape publications and launched and edited Florida Grove and Vegetable Management for the Farm Press Group. Within two years of launch, the turf magazines were well-respected, award-winning publications. Ron has received numerous awards for writing and photography in both agriculture and landscape journalism. He is past president of The Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association and was chosen as the first media representative to the University of Georgia College of Agriculture Advisory Board. He was named Communicator of the Year for the Metropolitan Atlanta Agricultural Communicators Association. Smith also worked in public relations, specializing in media relations for agricultural companies. Ron lives with his wife Pat in Denton, Texas. They have two grown children, Stacey and Nick, and two grandsons, Aaron and Hunter.

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