Spring planting is off to a strong start in Daviess County after a warm, dry March.
While recent rainfall has slowed activity, well over half of the corn and soybeans will be in the ground by May.
Clint Hardy is the Extension Agent for Agriculture and provides this update from the farm of Jeff and John Rice in Utica, Kentucky.
The Rice family has adopted a proficient cover crop practice on their farm – planting into a mixture of cereal rye, crimson clover, Austrian winter peas and canola.
