It's April, and Donnie Young's planter sits in his shed, waiting the spring planting season. His corn seed hasn't arrived at his farm near Ulysses, Kan., yet. The farm sits quietly, ready for the hustle of spring planting.
Like his neighbors around him, Young is waiting on Mother Nature to make up her mind before venturing into the fields for spring planting--will it be warm and sunny, or will the fields be covered in snow and frost?