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Parts of Indiana could see total crop loss

Some farmers in southwest Indiana are looking at total crop loss from this year’s flooding.

Just looking at the river bottom farm ground – it looks like the river is just really high.  While that is the case – that isn’t the whole story.

Randy Kron farms in southwest Indiana and has about 500 acres in the Wabash River valley.  “Normally there is corn and soybeans being grown,” he says.  “It was all planted – and looked very good.  In fact – it was probably some of the best corn we had.  But now with the river up it’s all under water and just one of those things where you hope for better next year.”

Kron tells Brownfield – for the amount of rain they’ve had his crops on higher ground look pretty good.

But, he says, scouting both corn and soybean fields for diseases is a necessity.  “We’ve been really wet and very humid,” he says.  “We’re prime breeding ground for about every disease that’s out there.  We’re a little bit worried and a lot of people have been flying on fungicides because it’s still too wet for ground application.”

Kron says he’s thankful for the crop they do have this year – but he’s ready for next year.