Crop Watcher 2013 week 2 - still waiting

Todd Easton Coles County May 12 2013: Once again just as we were starting to think about getting to the fields wet weather comes in to sit us out for another week. After trying to dry out the 2" we received last week and weekend fields had just started to gray off Thursday morning (May 11) but just a few hours later the rain gauges had another .75 put in them. The few hundred acres of corn planted in Coles County is entering the V1 stage after a month of waiting for enough warmth to encourage growth. The warmer temperatures also encouraged the wheat to rapidly grow another 6" over the week. So for now the only good news is another week gone by puts us another week closer to planting. In the mean time I hope you all had a good Mothers Day and thanked Mom far all she does.