We received nearly perfect rains on Wednesday/Thursday and a little more Saturday morning that will get the prior week’s planting surge started off on the right foot. The western side of the county (bottoms) is nearly done planting, while the farms in the hills on the eastern side of the county made good progress with fertilizer applications, seedbed prep and planting this past week. The beans and corn that were planted in mid- to late-March are up and growing fast with the warm temps. Last but not least, wheat fields across the county have greened up and shook off remnants of the March frost. Some fields are even starting to head out.