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HANNIBAL â Local farmers are reaching the final stages for replanting crops like corn, after the early part of the season brought cooler temperatures and excessive moisture levels.
Mark Lehenbauer, who operates a farm near Hannibal, was finishing replanting corn on Tuesday, as well as getting soybeans in the ground. Recent rain showers were very spotty, with area farms receiving anywhere from zero to two inches depending on location. Marion County Farm Bureau President and fellow farmer Joe Kendrick said he replanted 80% of his corn crop, and Palmyra farmer Kenny Lovelace said the corn had been replanted on the land he rents to his daughter.
HANNIBAL â Many area farmers have been working their fields, applying treatments and planting crops, amid a planting season which is off to a better start than in the past couple years.
Mark Lehenbauer, who operates a farm near Hannibal, and Kenny Lovelace, who operates a farm in Palmyra, Mo., have each reported signs of a productive planting season, particularly compared to the wet conditions in the area in the past two years. Lehenbauer already had most of his corn planted, and Lovelace said his granddaughter, Emily, was in a similar situation.
Lehenbauer has been applying fertilizer and preparing the ground for corn throughout the week. He said âheâs planted âa lot of cornâ, pointing out the ground was in good shape to work following a couple missed rains recently.