Planting Season Starting Off Better Than 2019 and 2020
A northeastern Illinois farmer says this planting season is starting off much better than 2019 and 2020.
Andy Bauman farms non-GMO corn and soybeans in Pontiac. He says wet conditions the past two years delayed planting and crop emergence, but it looks like he will get started planting ahead of schedule this year, beginning next week.
“We’ve been in the 80’s for 5 or 6 days now, so the weather conditions we have are way more favorable than last year. I am looking to get into next week and see what the two-to-three-week forecast looks like and we will probably get started planting if it’s still dry.”
Bauman tells Brownfield his areas has been dry since the February snowstorm and with little rain in the forecast his main concern is lack of soil moisture.
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Andy Bauman farms non-GMO corn and soybeans in Pontiac. He says wet conditions the past two years delayed planting and crop emergence, but it looks like he will get started planting ahead of schedule this year, beginning next week.
“We’ve been in the 80’s for 5 or 6 days now, so the weather conditions we have are way more favorable than last year. I am looking to get into next week and see what the two-to-three-week forecast looks like and we will probably get started planting if it’s still dry.”
Bauman tells Brownfield his areas has been dry since the February snowstorm and with little rain in the forecast his main concern is lack of soil moisture.
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