Corn being irrigated up in the Delta

One of our readers reported this morning that he saw 2 fields of corn being irrigated up in the south Delta while driving from the Jackson, Miss., area to Greenwood over the weekend. The corn had been planted but had not emerged.

That's a pretty good indication about how dry it already is in places. One field was being furrow irrigated, while a pivot was running over the other field.

For more on dry conditions, see our weekend Southern Grain report.

There also are reports today of conditions being dry enough in parts of West Tennessee that some people are having a difficult time getting no-till coulters to go into the ground.

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