Southern grain: drought widens, red banded stinkbugs showing up, wheat harvest, more doublecropped peanuts possible

High points from last night's AgFax: Southern Grain:

• Southeast: The drought grows worse, and moisture is running short on a wider basis.
• Louisiana: We've received the first report for the season of red banded stinkbugs. One was found in Rapides Parish, according to David Lanclos, Extension Soybean Specialist.
• Georgia: The state will fall short of its anticipated corn plantings by 65,000 to 70,000 acres, estimated Dewey Lee, Extension Grain Specialist. That's mainly due to the lingering and intensifying drought.
• Georgia: The early wheat harvest will give growers more options in terms of what they plant in irrigated fields, Lee also said. That might mean more doublecropped peanuts, depending on the kind of contracts peanut buyers offer.
• Wheat harvest: Wheat harvest is underway in areas not blasted by the Easter freeze, and strong yields are being initially reported.

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