Tagged: Soybeans

The ongoing drought in southwest Wisconsin is affecting farmers in different ways. For soybean growers it has made a common problem worse.

It is called shattering. Hot weather can dry out soybean plants, to the point where sometimes the seed actually outgrows its pod, and cannot be harvested. It is a bad time for farmers to have the problem since right now they are getting a good price for their soybean crop.  

The U.S. soybean crop this year is expected to be big -- but it might not be big enough to meet demand at home and abroad. 

Despite a large soybean crop being planted this year, agriculture experts are concerned that the U.S. might be left with a historically supply here at home.