Robert Reese is the type of guy who is always checking the weather.
"It is not an early Easter, early spring," Reese said. "It's been cold and damp."
For his farm, that means he'll have to wait to plant.
"We like just a lot of sunny, warm weather days. When everybody likes to be out in their t shirts, that's a good time for the ground to be drying out, getting closer to planting," Reese said.
He needs dry soil to plant and too much wet weather like what mid-Michigan has seen this spring could set him back.
"We like to start April 20, that's a good time," Reese said. "End of May gets to be too late, so there's still a big window to plant in."
Early planting can give Reese a bigger crop yield, but weather delays aren't always a bad thing for the corn, soybean, and wheat farmer.
"It means we have a little bit more time to get equipment ready," Reese said. "We're not quite late yet, but it can turn into the end of April real quick with a few more rain showers."
Local planting isn't the only thing postponed by rain. There's a 5K on Michigan State's campus Saturday that might be affected by weather, but race director Mike Baumgartner says only heavy rain or thunderstorms will stop the race.
"If you're going to start running in the rain, now is a good time to do it," Baumgartner said. If he's forced to cancel the race, he will reschedule.
"Everything needs water, but not too much water," Reese said.
Even if it snows, the farmer says he'll just have to wait a bit longer to start planting.
