At long last, Mother Nature relented and the first seeds were finally planted in the ground at the Farm Progress Show site earlier this month! Soil conditions were very good in Decatur on Saturday the 6th, and although we were threatened with one passing sprinkle of rain, everything went as planned (for once).
All corn and soybeans are in the ground with the exception of a seed treatment demo and a twin row plot. Next to plant will be the Seminis vegetable display and the specialty crops such as cotton and sugarbeet.
I am excited about the new design for this year’s display, and once the crop begins to emerge things should really start looking sharp!
Special thanks to Chris Noble for bringing down the GenV planter, and also to Larry Weller and intern Genessa Cox for their help in making things run like clockwork. All we need now is cooperation from the weather. And that’s not too much to ask after the spring we had, is it?
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