Allen County farmer Dick Crowl had to replant corn and soybeans after a wet spring, but northeast Indiana fields fared far better than those downstate. Clint Keller | The Journal Gazette
By Jenni Glenn, The Journal Gazette
jglenn@jg.net
Allen County farmer Dick Crowl counted his blessings as he replanted a soybean field near Fort Wayne International Airport.
At least his fields weren't underwater like cropland in central and southern Indiana and in Iowa and Illinois. Indiana's corn and soybean farmers alone may have lost more than $800 million in revenues, said Andy Miller, director of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture.
Although heavy rains doused crops in northeast Indiana fields this year, many area farms avoided the flooding. That narrow escape could generate huge profits for local farmers. Flood-damage reports helped drive corn future prices above $7 a bushel this month.
"For those who have a reasonable crop, it could be the income opportunity of a lifetime," said Chris Hurt, an agricultural economist at Purdue University in West Lafayette.
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