ELKTON, Ky. (DTN) -- Usually John Martin, of Elkton, Ky., starts shelling corn in early September and soon after works on his full-season soybeans and double-crop beans.

But not this year. Harvest delays of four to five weeks left him juggling corn and soybean harvests at the same time.

"We had such a bad start out the gate with corn. It was late and replanted and is so far behind," Martin said. Martin finished planting corn on his north central Kentucky farm May 18. The area had 11 inches of rain between April 25 and May 20 that annihilated corn ...