Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner declares harvest emergency
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner declared a statewide harvest emergency Sunday to help farmers.
At Stewart Farms in Yorkville, Illinois, the governor signed a proclamation to allow farmers to get a free permit to put 10 percent more weight onto the truck when shipping the crops.
Rauner said spring planting was delayed by wet weather and rains continue to fall at the worst time during the harvest season.
"We have a significant crisis, we are way behind where we should be in terms of getting the crops into storage and to the market," Rauner said. "We are signing this proclamation, effective today, it will last 45 days and it will get farmers through the harvest season."
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