Preparations Beginning for Spring Planting

With the weather warming up, farmers have begun getting their fields ready for spring planting, according to Purdue Extension Agriculture & Natural Resources Educator Phil Woolery. “Farmers are starting to do a little bit of field work, if they’re doing some tillage,” he says. “Ones that use cover crops, they’re going to be looking for an opportunity, when the weather gets right, for terminating those and then for planting.”

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Warm Weather Helping to Speed Up Fall Harvest

Warm weather is helping to push this year’s harvest season along, according to Purdue Extension Agriculture & Natural Resources Educator Phil Woolery. “Things are picking up pretty fast now,” he says. “We’ve had some kind of warm and dry weather that’s helped dry crops down, which has helped speed up harvest on corn and soybeans, helping things mature faster. We had some real warm weather that helped with crops growing faster, as well, so earlier than average harvest start time.”

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