“We’re getting close to being two weeks behind right now for farmers getting in the field.”

Charles Brown, the Iowa State University’s farm management specialist for southeast Iowa, tells the No Coast Network about field conditions for planting.

“Currently, we’re too wet in most areas.  I know around the Hedrick area there were a few guys putting on some dry fertilizer last week.  But right in through here, I haven’t seen any tractors moving.  We’re just about two days away from getting into the field, provided in a couple days we get a little bit of rain.”

Brown says farmers aren’t panicking.

“We’ve still got plenty of time yet.  With the equipment farmers have today and the technology, they can get a lot of acres in in a days time.  Currently we’re not in any trouble, we’re not really hurting.  It would be nice to get into the field and get a few things done. We’re not at that critical point yet.  We could still even in this area of the state get into the first of May before we were to have much yield loss on anything for corn and soybeans.”