After weeks of untimely rain stymied his plans, a window of opportunity finally opened late last week for farmer Marty Marr to resume planting.

 

"We're finally getting things opened up and dry a little bit," Marr said. "We just need some warm temps and sunshine to get better planting conditions to work with."

 

Marr, who farms corn and soybeans in Logan, Morgan and Sangamon counties, is among many farmers in Illinois and across the Midwest who have dealt with soaked-out fields that have made planting difficult to near impossible. Now, Marr and his fellow farmers are in a race against time to get their crops planted as the planting season wanes.

 

"We're going to get close on corn, but I don't think we'll quite get it with the weather that's coming in on us," Marr said, referring to the rain forecast for Sunday. "Hopefully the rain is not as heavy as they forecast and we can get this crop in and move on with the summer."

 

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