Planting delays holding up in-field activities

Planting delays holding up in-field activities

A mid-Michigan farmer expects corn yields in the state to

be reduced by at least 25 percent.

“Everything’s been delayed and slow and the crops are showing that.  Some of them look ok, but they’re small.”   

P.J. Feldpausch grows corn, soybeans, and wheat as well as custom farms with his family in Fowler. 

“If we get an early frost, it’s going to be a detrimental problem for everything trying to reach maturity at that time.”       

He tells Brownfield every farmer also has at least one

field that went unplanted which could be 10-20 percent of the state’s

production.

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