Warm conditions speed up some crop development

Warm conditions speed up some crop development

A southern Indiana farmer says recent hot and humid conditions

have boosted crop development in his area.  

David Ring grows corn, soybeans, and wheat in Dubois County.

“Two weeks ago we had a heat index of like 109 or 110 and we had some moisture and the corn and soybeans actually started growing,” he says. “We’re going to have a crop- it’s not going to be a great crop, but we’re to have a crop.”

He says he didn’t take any prevent planting acres this year.

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