In an ideal spring, Randy Mitchell would be starting to plant his corn and soybean crops this week. But his work in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, is on pause as he waits for his fields to dry after recent torrential rains saturated much of southern Wisconsin.
Torrential rains put planting on hold
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Standing water caused by flooding and severe storms remains April 23 near Beloit, Wis.
A farmer works in a field April 23 near Janesville, Wis.
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