date:May 26, 2012
Soybean prices offer better profitability than cotton. Also, the U.S. South is coming off of two consecutive years of very dry weather, leaving farmers with higher irrigating costs. Soybeans will require less irrigation than a cotton crop.
In the last two years, farmers around here have had to irrigate their crops a lot to even get them to market. In fact, there are farmers irrigating corn, already this year, Killebrew says. The more diesel-fueled irrigation, the more costs, and the less profi