Most of Michigan’s planting season is nearly complete except for dry beans.

Joe Cramer with the Michigan Bean Commission tells Brownfield that’s intentional.

“Most growers will generally wait until after the Memorial Day holiday hoping for that ground to warm up a little bit and hopefully have a little moisture in it,” he explains.

The forecast for next week looks ideal and Cramer says there’s also an art to planting to help farmers mitigate yield losses on their high value crops.

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