"Seeding this spring has been quite a challenge."

That is according to Kevin Peters of Herbsigwil Farms at Randolph. Peters says the weather is just not cooperating as it seems to rain every couple of days. 

"We don't really seem to get a good string of nice weather to get all our seeding in," he adds.

As of Thursday morning, Peters says seeding is about 80 per cent complete for them. Now, they are working on the last 20 per cent. But he says it is challenging. 

Herbsigwil Farms this year is growing wheat, canola, soybeans and corn. Peters notes there is a good chance they will leave some acres unseeded, suggesting that will probably be in the low-lying areas where there is still standing water. 

According to Peters, about two-thirds of their land is in the Randolph area, while the rest is down around Zhoda. He notes seeding is complete at Randolph and it is at Zhoda where they are still trying to get seed into the ground. Peters adds the conditions are drier and therefore better in Randolph than Zhoda. 

Peters notes the wet spring has certainly forced them to change some of their seeding intentions. He says some of the insurance deadlines have passed on crops like corn and so they will rather plant shorter season crops. 

"We're still trying to get some of the shorter crops in here, resorting to floating some crops on instead of actually putting them in with the seeder and then harrowing after to incorporate them a bit into the soil," explains Peters. "So taking some measures here to try and finish up."

Meanwhile, Peters says right now he would welcome some heat. He notes it has been a slow start for their crops because of the cooler weather, but with some sun and heat things would really start to take off. 

Peters says if they could just string together a few nice days in a row it would not take them long to finish seeding. However, he says there seems to always be rain in the forecast and so for now they just keep taking things one day at a time.