MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Heavy rain over the past few weeks has left fields saturated across much of the state, especially in low lying areas near rivers.
Wisconsin farmers are having to get more creative when it comes to adapting to unpredictable spring weather. UW Extension Crops Educator Will Fulwider says,
“There’s been a lot of progression, but especially with data systems and sensors and everything that we have now, farmers are really using those to their advantage to understand one, what are trends, but also seeing, okay, what are some of the real-time data that we can have?” Fulwider said. “As you move kind of later and later in the year, you’re losing yield potential. Planting date is the biggest determining factor as to yield potential when you’re controlling for other management options. And so that planting date is huge, but they’re also flexible”
Fulwider says heavy storms in recent weeks have left some crop fields flooded, leading to delays in planting soybeans and corn.