BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – The recent severe weather has turned local farm fields into puddles and has some farmers rethinking their harvest plans.
Agriculture experts say this year’s corn crop has been reasonably good, but the extreme rainfall lately has created some runoff issues.
Dan Wiese from Wiese Brothers Farm near Greenleaf explains the effect recent weather has had on his farm.
“We did have a lot of rain last week on all of our acres. Somewhere on average of 10-14 inches of rain in the last 11 days. That is going to definitely cause some issues,” he told Fox 11 News.
For the time being, work in his corn and alfalfa fields will have to wait.
“Definitely seen some stream banks that were overflowing, have a few concerns about some alfalfa fields that are going to be underwater for a short time. Hopefully, they make it,” he told Fox 11 News.
Many farms will be utilizing what’s called a dump cart in an effort to minimize the amount of compaction in the fields.
Farmers are hopefully that drier weather this week will continue and give them an opportunity to harvest next week.
“As of right now, it’s still a little bit too wet to chop. So luckily for us, we do have a little bit of time to let those fields heal up, and hopefully not tear them up so bad when we take the equipment in,” Wiese said to Fox 11 News.
