(La Crosse, IN) - Harvesting was at a possible record clip for many Indiana and Michigan farmers, but now they’re crossing their fingers to be done before Thanksgiving.

 

Farmers were back in their fields after drying out from the heavy mid-October rains. But, they were looking at standing water again following another wet period over the weekend and into Monday.

 

“I thought this would be an early harvest. This is turning into the latest early harvest I’ve ever been part of,” said Matt Schafer, a corn and soybean producer in LaCrosse.

Kassi Rowland of Leesburg was hoping for an easier harvesting season.

 

“We were kind of on track to have one of our fastest harvests ever. However, that’s obviously not going to happen now,” said Rowland, a partner at Tom Farms.

Rowland said more than three inches of rain came down most recently on the 57-percent of the corn and 43-percent of the soybeans remaining in her fields.

 

Tom Farms has about 18,000 acres in Kosciusko, Marshall, Huntington, Whitley, Elkhart, and Noble counties. Schafer reported a similar amount of precipitation in his fields located from LaCrosse to Kouts.