Planting is in full swing and everyone decided to start at the same time. The custom applicators are having a tough time keeping up especially since the wind is slowing them down. Some people are tilling their corn stalks while they are waiting for chemical to be applied. Even with the delays planting is ahead of most years. This is the only time of the year that you just wave at your neighbor across the fence instead of stopping to talk a while.
Some people barely look up to do that.
Radke farms near Aurelia in Cherokee County, where his family's 950-acre farm includes corn, soybeans and a few oats. Mark's wife, Barb, is a school teacher. They have two children.