This spring has been interesting. Snow....85 degrees... frost..... only in Wisconsin. I would be very happy with 75-80 degrees CONSISTENTLY by now. booooo mother nature. You are cramping my style. I had to cover up all my flowers last night because of frost .
So what does this mean to farmers?
Farmers are definately getting a late start getting crops in. Where we live, there has only been a 2 or 3 day window to get crops planted. We have most of our corn and alfalfa in and our neighbor across the road still has corn standing from last year! The deer and squirrels have been snacking all winter. :)
Check out this video of a dairy producer from Fox 6 News in Racine, WI: Late Planting Season
According to the newscast, farmers in southeast Wisconsin are nearly two weeks behind in getting to the fields to plant their crops. Agriculture officials say only 16% of crops are in the ground. That compares to 66% at the same time in 2010. Farmers are used to working from sun-up to sun-down. But Mother Nature has definitely thrown them a curveball this year. But the Racine County Farm Bureau is urging farmers not to panic. 2009 was considered a wet season by farmers, some were harvesting into the winter months. In 2010, conditions were ideal. For now, farmers say it's too early to tell what projected yields will look like.
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