Greetings, all! Please forgive me for not writing for such a long, long time. I'll put together my list of excuses in my next blog. Today, I want to focus on the rain...although I wish I didn't have to. This is going to be a rainy Friday in Chicago. Unfortunately, because of the heavy rain earlier this week, this rain is not welcome at all. Illinois farmers are in a bind and I have to acknowledge my pal, Max Armstrong at WGN Radio, for keeping me posted on those reports. Here was one of his latest statements to me.
"10% complete compares with 84% on average for corn planting in Illinois by this day. Nationwide, the progress now is 48%...way behind the average of 71%."
Thank you, Max. Only 10% has been planted. That is terrible and my heart goes out to so many farmers.
Expect conditionst to be just mainly wet today. At this point, I don't think there will be much in the way of severe weather in our area. If there are any severe thunderstorms, they would be mainly this evening. But for most of us, it's just going to be a soggy Friday. I will write more tomorrow.
Tracy
