JASONVILLE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — Tornados, thunderstorms, and intense rain have all played a recent role in the Wabash Valley, but its effect on farmland could be seen for months to come.
David Burger is the owner of Burger Farms in Jasonville. He said, in his area, there was never a time to work without multiple inches of rainfall.
“Excessive rain through May and in June, guys started farming in May, but we never got a full week in”, Burger said. “We had three, four inches, five inches some places of rain and just prolonged our time to get it in.”
Burger said the southern counties were hit the hardest.
“It’s basically the same all over this area, it’s kind of through our area right here”, Burger said. “When you get north of us, they didn’t have as much rain as we did and got it out in a timely way.”
The water caused farmers to stay out of their fields until things dried up.
“It’s just a matter of getting it planted”, Burger said. “We aren’t able to get out there when its wet and get it planted. There will be a lot of re-plants done.”
Burger himself had to replant around 400 acres of crops, mainly beans.
He said many farmers will probably be unable to finish this year’s harvest until closer to winter.
“Usually, guys get started at the end of September and work the way through October mainly, but I’m going to guess that there is going to be quite a bit done in November this year”, Burger said.
Burger went on to say that many area farmers even took preventative measures this year because they knew the weather was coming and they plan on having a late harvest this season.
