Missouri cotton takes a soaking

Parts of the upper Midsouth have received virtually a summer's worth of rain in the last few days. We've heard reports of as much as 16 inches of rain in spots, with up to 8 inches falling on a fairly wide basis.

One of our readers sent shots of cotton fields that were mostly submerged.

Another reader, who responded to our weekly harvest survey request, reported the following:

"We received 9-11 inches of rain in the north end of Dunklin County Friday and Saturday. Wwe had a beautiful crop until then. Some yields of producers whohad been picking were coming in between 1,100 and 1,300 lbs/acre. That has probably all changed with the flood. Roads are still closed due to the high water. At least 20% of the area's crops are totally under water and another 15-30% that have water halfway up the stalk. It would have devastated us 2 weeks later but alot that is under water is not open yet."