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Farmer says planting could get underway as early as Wednesday

North Central Indiana farmer Scott Smith says corn and soybean planting will likely get underway by mid-week.  

“As soon as this weather breaks. We held up planting because of cold temperatures coming in,” he says. “We were tempted to plant Saturday and then got a little rain that morning and looked at the forecast and decided not to.

The Tipton County farmer tells Brownfield, “we’ll probably start out with soybeans. We’ve worked a couple hundred acres so far. Everything is hooked on, and the equipment is ready to go.”

Smith, who is serving as president of the Indiana Corn Growers Association, says they could get started as early as Wednesday.