Wet fields keep Ill. corn planting at standstill

Published April 30, 2013 8:02am ET



SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois farmers still can’t begin planting their corn crops due to muddy fields caused by the heavy rains that inundated the state in recent weeks.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says that as of Monday there’s been no significant planting done in Illinois because many fields are simply too wet for farmers to get out in them in tractors.

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