Mild April weather a pleasant change for planting farmers

The weather may be rainy this week, but last week’s clear skies and mild temperatures were a boon for area farmers eager to plant this year’s crops. All across the area farmers stayed busy working to finish up their corn planting.
“From what I can see, there’s a lot of corn going in the ground this week,” said Steve Abbas, executive director of the Franklin County Farm Service Agency on Friday as he was planting in his own field.
Across both Cerro Gordo and Franklin counties, agriculture specialists were very satisfied with how productive this year’s planting season has been.
“We had a really good week,” said Charles Schafer, general manager of North Iowa Cooperative in Thornton. “People are very happy with the way the soil is working up.”
Read the full article in the May 6 edition of the Hampton Chronicle.