Source: Sonja Begemann, AGWEB, 3/27/20



While 2019 was a nightmare for many farmers, it provided valuable lessons that farmers can act upon this year. The 2020 spring planting season is starting soggy, which is less than encouraging for farmers, but with 2019 close in the rear-view and means farmers know how to quickly adapt. Despite recent rain, “right now, as of March, our streamflow is actually more like 'normal’ compared to last year,” says Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal Field Agronomist to AgriTalk Host Chip Flory. “Which is a sign that if we can just get some weather to break it, we could actually be in a normal timeframe right where we sit here from draining these fields out and get ready to go.

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