Nashua, IA- Wet, cold weather is causing problems for area farmers.
We talked with Iowa State Field Agronomist George Cummins. He says it's taking farmers about six weeks to get their crops planted. Usually it takes just 14 days.
He says the cold wet weather is also keeping the corn from growing. The plants need temperatures between 50 and 80 degrees in order to sprout up.
"It's been too wet to plow and two windy to pick up rock and the days its been dry enough to plant and do field work it's been very windy and so like spraying we've had some drift complaints," Cummins said.
He’s also warning farmers to start looking for a common spring pest, the Black Cut Worm.
"They're delayed because of the cold wet conditions but we're telling people to start scouting next week here in North Iowa for Black Cut Worm."
Cummins says farmers should look for the newest leaf of the corn stalk to be tipped over.
He adds the pest likes to find sheltered areas not out in the open field.
