{"id":35586,"date":"2026-04-16T19:06:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T00:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=35586"},"modified":"2026-04-16T19:31:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T00:31:49","slug":"planting-season-begins-for-some","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/35586-planting-season-begins-for-some\/","title":{"rendered":"Planting Season Begins For Some In Southern Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>By Rhiannon Branch for\u00a0FarmWeekNow.com<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fifth-generation farmer Jasson Reichert, Pulaski County, began planting his 30th crop on April 1.\u00a0 And he hasn\u2019t looked back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cIt\u2019s just been a one-of-a-kind spring,\u201d he told FarmWeek from his John Deere tractor cab on April 13 with half of his corn and a third of his soybeans in the ground.\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t ever remember getting this far along (this quickly) as we are this year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It has been a warm, dry spring for his fields in Pulaski and Massac counties with record high temperatures set this spring, making planting conditions nearly ideal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cIn previous years, a lot of times we\u2019re looking for a dry ridge that we can get started on, but this year there wasn\u2019t much that we couldn\u2019t plant,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve got good moisture underneath for the seed to come up with but it\u2019s dry on top.\u00a0 The planter is running well and closing up nicely. Excellent conditions in my opinion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Reichert said the dry start this year resembles 2012, a major drought year, but forecasted rain has him hopeful.\u00a0 And the accelerated pace has boosted morale after a challenging season in 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cI don\u2019t want anything to be like last year,\u201d Reichert said, recalling drought in the fall.\u00a0 \u201cThe only thing we had good last year was the early planted beans.\u00a0 Our corn was subpar and our late beans were nearly catastrophic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Driving through the fields, he said nitrogen and fuel prices are top of mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThey\u2019re definitely out of control right now,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s causing us to do a little more no-till than we normally do with fuel prices.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">With the help of employees and family, including his son, Nolan, Reichert expects to have most of the planting done by the end of April, given the forecast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Reichert farmed alongside his dad, Larry \u201cSkip\u201d Reichert, until his passing in 2019 and enjoys carrying the tradition with his own son.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Reichert even took his dad\u2019s spot on the Pulaski-Alexander County Farm Bureau board.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cI thought I knew a little more about Farm Bureau than I did until I got in it for a while,\u201d he admitted. \u201cI\u2019m not very good at the legislative side of things, and I didn\u2019t realize that\u2019s a big part of what they do.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He appreciates that the organization is involved in the legislative process so he can be in the field focused on growing crops and caring for his cattle.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rhiannon Branch for\u00a0FarmWeekNow.com Fifth-generation farmer Jasson Reichert, Pulaski County, began planting his 30th crop on April 1.\u00a0 And he hasn\u2019t looked back. \u201cIt\u2019s just been a one-of-a-kind spring,\u201d he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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