Time is critical. WEHT-ABC 25 meteorologist Wayne Hart said the area will have a chance of scattered thunderstorms today. But he said the best chance of significant rain this week won't come until Friday morning, when a cold front moves through the region. We're at a critical time. If we don't get it, yields will be cut.
Pasture grass is in short supply as well.
They're eating away the stalk and leaving the ground bare. Statewide, corn planting is nearing completion, well ahead of the normal pace, the state ag statistics service said. The crop is rated in mostly good condition, although 10 percent is rated poor or very poor. Soybean planting was 43 percent complete as of Sunday. Over the previous five years, bean planting was on average just 9 percent complete at this time of year.