Drought and cheese

Phillip McKibben, a Mathiston, Miss., crop consultant, said the other day that the general goal right now - both for him and his growers - is to finish out this crop "the best way we can without spending any more money than necessary on it."

Scattered fields look good, but drought and heat have taken a heavy toll on much of the cotton and soybeans.

"One of my growers, Sam Stone, probably said it best," McKibben told me. "As Sam put it, ‘I'm like a rat caught in a trap. At this point, I'm not looking for more cheese, just a way out.’”

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