As tropical storm season gains momentum, an Arkansas farmer says it’s one more thing for farmers in his part of the country to monitor.

Robert Stobaugh raises corn, soybeans, rice, and sorghum in the Arkansas River Valley.  “The tropical storm can be a blessing when you get in that remnant side,” he says.  “But if you get on the wrong side of those things it’s really bad for heading rice and standing corn.”

He says a tropical storm could be detrimental to his crops at this stage in the growing season. 

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