I have come to a conclusion based on the responses to recent posts on Farm World’s Facebook (FB) page: We are all tired of bad news.

I have posted several times asking for feedback on the wet weather, how planting is going, and even posting information on a webinar for people who may be facing delayed planting. Those posts get little engagement; however, I just posted a story I saw online about a company that is turning grain silos into homes, and our FB feed went crazy.

On May 22 I posted about a delayed planting webinar being hosted by Purdue. That post reached 733 people, had 24 engagements, and no comments. On May 23 I asked our FB readers to let me know how planting was going in their area and what concerns they had. That was a big fat dud; it reached 355 people and had only six engagements with no comments.

On June 11, I posted about grain silos being turned into a home – and so far, it has reached 1,652 people, had 205 engagements, been shared by 21 people, and has seven comments.

Talking about the rain, delayed planting, and the like is definitely a bummer. You can’t see any ag-related paper or news site without screaming headlines about the weather.

Stan Maddux, who is a Farm World correspondent, even wrote about how the wet weather affected the tart cherry crop in Michigan because bees don’t want to go out and pollinate when it is raining. The article he wrote estimates Michigan’s tart cherry crop will be down at least 25 percent this year just due to poor pollination.

I have been watching several fields of corn in Henry County that were planted early. They are on my way to work, so I root for them every day. Monday morning, I noticed there were big patches of light green corn in the wet spots.

Some of the rows had so much standing water that only the tips of the corn sprouts were showing above water. Next to them are fields that haven’t been planted yet and are so wet it appears they may never dry out, especially with more rain forecast for our area.

I checked with my brother Andy on Monday and he said all of our farm ground is planted in Parke County. He also said most of the ground in Parke County has been planted except for the areas in the bottomlands near rivers. His report was that until last Friday, the county’s fields had been fairly dry.

Henry and Parke counties are about 108 miles apart, with Parke just being slightly south in a straight line across the state. But for all intents and purposes, the counties are very close to being straight across from each other in the state of Indiana. The fickle Mother Nature seems to have given Henry County more wet weather.

Since we can’t do anything about the weather except curse at it or bless our lucky stars, depending on where we are at, what good news do you have to share? Obviously, good news is always more fun than bad – so, either send me an email at connie@farmworldonline.com or visit us on our FB page at www.facebook.com/FarmWorld to share your news.

Or, if you just want to read about how you can turn grain silos into living space, you can do that, too.