Spring planting ahead of schedule thanks to 'abnormally dry' spring
GALION - Farmers across North Central Ohio will be out in force this week, disking their fields and planting early soybeans and corn.
"We're ahead of time with a lot of spring fieldwork," said Jason Hartschuh, Ohio State University Extension agent for Crawford County.
Seeds normally don't go into the ground until later in April, but warmer air and dryer soil this spring have already allowed many fields to be plowed and disked.
"That's good and bad," Hartschuh said. "If we're ahead on spring fieldwork, that means we're dry."
Not quite a drought