Farming has never been said to be easy. It takes long hours and hard work to get the harvest completed in a perfect scenario. Add in unpredictable weather, including high winds, a winter storm with plenty of wet snow and freezing temperatures and the level of difficulty is near impossible.

Soggy fields and wheat and barley layed on its side due to the heavy snow and the likelihood that getting a combine into remaining fields may not happen has left producers with a predicament that may carry over into the spring.

In addition the weather and resulting field conditions will have an impact on the...