A northern Illinois farmer says it’s been a long planting season. John Bartman, who grows corn, soybeans, wheat, and vegetables in McHenry County, tells Brownfield… “We were very wet early in April.” He says, “It’s been cold, but thankfully yesterday was our last day planting corn and we’ve got about 150 acres of beans to […]
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