Growers are tilling and applying fertilizer and lime as soil conditions permit. The cool temperatures this past week continue to delay the forage growth and spring planting. Livestock producers running short of feed have cattle on pastures, but the slow growth of the forages has slowed growth and regrowth of the sward. Report not available. Report not available.
Temperatures remain toward the cool side, with wet conditions over the weekend.
Greenhouse seedlings continue to progress. In many greenhouses, seedlings are close to transplanting size. Transplanting will begin on most farms later in the week or over the weekend. Application of fumigant has been much later than normal on many farms. Precautions to avoid fumigant injury to transplants are being advised.