Dry weather in the past few weeks is creating problems for soybean farmers across Acadiana.

A local farmer in Acadia Parish talks about what he’s doing to survive.

“Take a look behind me, I’m here in front of a soybean farm.. and I can tell you it’s very dry. Crops are not being produced because of all this dry weather here in Acadia Parish. Now I spoke to one local farmer, Dwayne Gossen, who says they really need rain to help produce this soybean crop.”

Gossen says, “We’re under a drought and… we can’t compare anything to the year before because it’s always different when you’re dealing with Mother Nature.”

Dwayne Gossen has been farming since 1989 in Acadia Parish. His soybean farm is 20 acres. He says he knows he can’t control Mother Nature, but rain would help much more for his soybean crop.

“We need the rain to kill the grass and we also need the rain for the beans to grow,” says Gossen.

Gossen adds without rain, he has to put out chemicals to kill the grass, and that’s not good for the soybeans.

Gossen says, “It’s under stress and you put chemicals out to kill the grass and it’s gonna also hurt the beans without any more rain.”

With the lack of water, the soybean leaves are starting to curl, a sign of stress.

“See how it’s starting to curl.. the leaves curling— it’s just a sign that it’s under stress and a lot of rain would help out on this,” Gossen adds.

Gossen says his farm hasn’t seen any measurable rain since April.

“I just need some little some rain to keep it going,” adds Gossen.