Parts of the Corn Belt have dried out after too much rain earlier in the planting season. Stine seed sales director Michael Smith tells Brownfield Ag News this is the most difficult season he’s seen in his two decades in this business. He doesn’t hesitate when pinpointing the worst difficulty.
“Just from the sheer number of replants and the difficulty in getting product to where it needs to be, from my estimation, I would say that Indiana’s probably the worst, Central Indiana, that I have seen,” said Smith, who directs Stine Seed sales east of the Mississippi River, but was speaking about the Corn Belt at large.
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