Area farmers just waiting for break in weather

Berne Tri-Weekly News:

"We've got a lot of hard-working, good farmers out there just waiting to go to the fields," said Jeff Lehman of Lehman Feed Mill earlier this week. Lehman said that now is the optimum time for planting corn, but if it can still get in the ground this month, things could work out for a decent crop.

"As of today's crop progress report, only four percent of the crops in Indiana are planted so far," said Lehman. "That is compared to 40 percent across the country. It wouldn't take long if we can get a few warm, drying days together. We need to get several warm days in the 80s, like we've gotten the past couple of days. We need a lot of those."