{"id":37122,"date":"2026-05-27T07:39:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T11:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=37122"},"modified":"2026-05-27T07:39:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T11:39:46","slug":"indiana-farmers-feeling-pain-of-wet-spring-in-planting-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/indiana-farmers-feeling-pain-of-wet-spring-in-planting-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana farmers feeling pain of wet spring in planting season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ERIN ANDERSON<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Brownfield Ag Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A southeast Indiana farmer says the 2026 planting season remains at a standstill.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roger Wenning says consistent rainfall has kept him out of the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/05.26.26-Roger-Wenning.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Indiana Farmer Roger Wenning speaks about his planting season.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe got a bunch of our beans done in April, but we haven\u2019t planted anything in May,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the latest USDA crop progress and conditions report,&nbsp;Indiana corn and soybeans are 67 percent planted, and 42 percent emerged. Winter wheat is 56 percent headed and rated 73 percent good to excellent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He tells Brownfield the crop is off to a solid start.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey look pretty decent,\u201d he says. \u201cI think for the most part, we\u2019ll be okay. I don\u2019t think we\u2019ll have any replant. We\u2019re looking pretty good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Topsoil moisture is 84 percent adequate to surplus, and subsoil moisture is 79 percent adequate to surplus.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wenning says he has about 350 acres left to plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He raises corn, soybeans, and wheat in Decatur County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ERIN ANDERSON Brownfield Ag Network A southeast Indiana farmer says the 2026 planting season remains at a standstill.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-37122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ag","tag-ag"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/photoless-header-template-Ag-news.jpg?fit=252%2C144&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37124,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37122\/revisions\/37124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}