Planting delays continue in Iowa

A southern Iowa farmer says wet fields will keep him out of his tractor until next week.

Ray Gaesser tells Brownfield it’s been raining off and on since the end of April. “I think about two inches of rain since last Thursday night,” he said.

Gaesser says half of his corn has been planted, along with 25 percent of the soybean crop. “The corn is sprouting, so that’s a good thing,” he said.

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