Now that planting is nearly wrapped up statewide, farmers are concerned about moisture as they start spraying weeds and side-dressing fertilizers.
Mike Berget farms 85 hundred acres of corn and 3-thousand acres of soybeans in the driftless region near Darlington in southwestern Wisconsin. He tells Brownfield, “We’ve had some farms that haven’t had much of any moisture since they were planted.”
Berget says he was fortunate to wrap up planting two weeks ago, but now he’s concerned about pests in dry soil conditions.
