An abnormally wet spring has Windsor-Essex farmers scrambling.
Super saturated fields have led to major delays for many farmers in getting crops like corn and soy beans in the ground.
Lakeshore farmer Leo Guilbeault tells CTV Windsor that this is the worst spring he's seen in 40 years of farming.
"We need at least four to five good, warm, sunny days to dry things off before we can even think about going in the fields," he says.
Guilbeault says he'll have to resort to planting different varieties this year.
"This rain is relentless. The varieties we were intending to plant are full season. We don't have a full season anymore. So we're going to plant a shorter season variety of both corn and beans," he says.
Lakeshore farmer Leo Guilbeault seen at his farm on May 29, 2019 (Photo courtesy of CTV Windsor's Michelle Maluske)
LaSalle farmer Gerard Drouillard says the clock is ticking on the planting season.
"It's starting to get very concerning now. We have until about June 15 to get our corn crop planted, but because we are planting later now, we are losing yield. If we have an early frost, everything we've done all year, we still won't get a crop," says Drouillard.
Both farmers are also warning the delay could impact consumers — as more farmers don't get their corn in the price for it will go up.
And to add fuel to the fire, rain is in the forecast several times in the coming week.