2019 Just Won't Go Away

Dec 19, 2019 at 07:57 AM CST
This year will go down in history as one of the most challenging for Midwest producers. Thanks to a persistent wet pattern from spring to winter, producers fought wet fields during planting, heavy moisture during small grain harvest and snowstorms during fall harvest. For some, the season has not ended as harvest drags out in the Upper Midwest and will carry into 2020. One of the largest concerns for producers during winter meetings has been the moisture levels in their fields and what that may mean for spring next year without a massive change in weather patterns. A closer look at the amount of prevented planting acreage and some of the weather records set in 2019 helps put into perspective the challenges waiting in 2020.

Dec 19, 2019 at 07:57 AM CST

This year will go down in history as one of the most challenging for Midwest producers. Thanks to a persistent wet pattern from spring to winter, producers fought wet fields during planting, heavy moisture during small grain harvest and snowstorms during fall harvest. For some, the season has not ended as harvest drags out in the Upper Midwest and will carry into 2020. One of the largest concerns for producers during winter meetings has been the moisture levels in their fields and what that may mean for spring next year without a massive change in weather patterns. A closer look at the amount of prevented planting acreage and some of the weather records set in 2019 helps put into perspective the challenges waiting in 2020.