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Delays continue into the growing season

It was a late start to the planting season and for one Indiana farmer he says that trend has continued into the growing months.

Austin Woodward farms with his family about 30 miles north of Indianapolis and says they didn’t plant one seed until after the first major round of storms moved through.  “That set us back a month,” he says.   Woodward says the condition of the crops vary – depending on where he’s looking.  “The corn that we got planted right after all the heavy rains looks really good,” he says.  “Except the holes and that’s what is really going to hurt us.  Our beans are just late – at least what isn’t drowned out.  We’re at a point now where we’re not going to be able to replant the holes.”

He tells Brownfield they’re doing everything they can to protect the crop from additional weed pressure.  “We were pretty heavy on our preplant applications,” he says.  “And we’re pretty heavy on our post.  We aren’t shorting applications anywhere.  We’re coming back with another residual with our post program.”

So far this year the Indianapolis area has received nearly 31 inches of rain, 9 inches more than the average.

AUDIO: Austin Woodward, Hamilton County, Ind.