VERGENNES, Ill. — Much of Brock Steele’s farm was pounded by rain during the period he normally gets his crops in the ground. He finally got a start on May 1.
Rain, cold snap delay Southwest Illinois planting
From the 2023 Illinois Planting Survey series
Brock Steele sets gauge lines on a planter on May 1, his first day of planting on his Jackson County, Ill., farm. Like many farmers of southern Illinois, he was forced to dodge heavy rains during planting season.
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