Farm Progress

Harvest time in Arkansas' Phillips County

David Bennett, Associate Editor

October 9, 2014

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<p>ELESTER WILLIAMS IS among a crew working to get cotton harvested south of Marvell, Ark., in early October.</p>

Thick in harvest season, grain trucks are roaring around the Delta carrying the year’s ample bounty. There is a bit of extra urgency to get the yields into storage as heavy, grey clouds are quickly rolling in. A few fat raindrops occasionally splash in the thick dust. The weather radar promises a large rain in the next few hours.

About the Author

David Bennett

Associate Editor, Delta Farm Press

David Bennett, associate editor for Delta Farm Press, is an Arkansan. He worked with a daily newspaper before joining Farm Press in 1994. Bennett writes about legislative and crop related issues in the Mid-South states.

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