While the corn crop is pretty much planted, well ahead of schedule, and soybean planting is about half complete in the Henderson area, progress is grinding to a halt because there's not enough moisture to germinate the seed and sustain the plants. We've got crops not growing. We need at least an inch of water before they can start again. About a half-inch of rain fell last week in the Henderson area. But rainfall over the past four weeks is three inches less than normal, according to the Kentucky Agricultural Statistics Service.
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.