While late spring planting caused a later start to harvest, Mother Nature has proved unusually cooperative for field work with very dry weather. We spoke to a farmer in Harrod who says this year is set to rank in the top five of what they've produced, and the little rain we've had this fall hasn't caused any delays. Of course, if it's not weathered, it's something else and says a fungal disease has been found in some of the harvested corn.

Farmers say Mother Nature is working against them. After losing crops to unusually heavy rain this spring and then a very dry summer, now the possibility of an early fall frost has farmers on edge. They're hoping they're wrong and the crops they have in the ground make it to maturity. Allen County farmer, Ben Bowsher, says there's no guarantee of perfect planting conditions but an early frost would make an already tough situation even worse.

The clock is ticking for area farmers to get into their fields before they could start losing money on crops. Allen County grain farmer, Ben Bowsher, says his tractor has set pretty much idle this spring as the rains have kept him off of the fields. He says June 5, 2019, is the last date to get corn in the ground before he starts losing a percentage of his crop insurance guarantee.