date:Aug 14, 2012
tage, giving the crop time to offset some of the summer's historic droughts impact if rainfall is adequate. During the important growing phase, soy plants set their pods and fill them out with beans.
Further rains forecast this week also could benefit crops, Mr. Cronin said. There is definitely a feeling we have already seen the worst from a historic U.S. drought, with potential for soybean yields to improve in subsequent government crop reports, Mr. Cronin said.
The U.S. Department of Agricultu