The long stretches of rain over the past few weeks have impacted some farmers in Door and Kewaunee counties when it comes to getting their crops in this spring.  The USDA’s Wisconsin Ag News Crop Progress and Conditions report released Monday showed that the state had only 3.3 suitable days for fieldwork last week.  Corn planting was seven days behind last year and two days behind the average, with 84 percent completion.  Soybeans were 82 percent complete and five days behind last year but two days ahead of the average.  Rich Olson from Olson Family Farms in southern Door County says it has been a struggle to get everything planted this spring with the wetter-than-normal conditions.  He notes that some areas will not be planted this year due to the standing water and saturated fields.

Olson notes that some areas in Door County have been more fortunate and farmers have been able to get their entire crops planted while being able to harvest their alfalfa before heavy rainfalls.  The rainfall amounts in Door County reportedly reached over six inches in the month of May, twice the normal expected rainfall for the month.  It doesn’t look like the farmers will get a reprieve in the short run, as the National Weather Service is forecasting a better than 70 percent chance of additional rainfall through Wednesday.