date:Jul 25, 2013
less than expected. Farmers planted in fits and starts during the spring due to rainy weather that forced them to keep their tractors parked in equipment sheds.
The uneven pace of planting led to a wide range of development in the wheat surveyed by the scouts. In some fields, the wheat was just flowering, while the crop was in the milk and soft dough stages elsewhere.
Northern areas suffered from the cold and damp spring more than other parts of the state. Some fields still had snow in them a