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Farmers
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that com takes roughly 115 days to germinate. Planting on June 11 as he did. left him with only about 100 days until the season's first frost typically hits.
Bob Williamson. County Executive Representative for the Farm Services Board explained just what this shortage of time means. "Everyday we re losing vield potential." he said.
Williamson said that crops planted after June 10 will not have the same yields as those planted before this date. If a field bears 100 bushels per acre in a normal year he says it is not expected to vield more than 80 once this magic date has passed.
And for those who still don't have their crops planted, yields could be even worse. "Each day of wet weather continues to decrease our yield potential. One to two days more rain could put us another week behind." Williamson stated.
Luckily for Massie he beat the rain and got all the com on his 775 acre farm planted on June 11. He was still uncertain about the outcome of his labor though. He had missed the cut off and the “ground was awfully wet. I don't like to plant when it’s wet."
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