The rainfall the Tri-State has seen could delay farmers from planting seeds.

VANDERBURGH COUNTY, Ind. (WEVV) — The early April tornados did significant damage to the Kron Farm and now heavy rain isn't making it easier.

Ben Kron, a farmer, says, "If we know we can get a two week stretch in, we can get most of it done. You know, it takes some pretty long days to do that, but we can get it done if we get about a two week stretch."

While rain is a good thing to help crops grow, too much of it can make a farmer's job even harder.

For the Kron Farm, not only have they had to deal with rain, but also damage to their equipment due to the severe weather.

"We probably lost about a week in there, but it could've been two or three weeks had it not been for those scattered rains," says Kron.

The Krons farm over 2,000 acres of land and as they begin planting their soy and corn, they need dry land.

Kron explains that while the ground is able to be a little wet when planting, the drier the dirt the better. When it's too wet, it's simply a pile a mud. While it's not impossible to plant in the wet ground, seeds won't be able to grow from the ground once the top layer hardens.

As an average work day could be over 12 hours for a farmer, some days they can work 16 hours, or even all night to beat out the rain.

The Kron's ideally need all their crops planted by May, but when you have to work with the unpredictability of weather, more rain could hurt their harvest season.

"We can deal with less rain. When it just keeps raining and keeps raining, it just hurts everything. It takes longer to dry out and plants actually need some dry soil to be able to take up oxygen in them," says Kron.

As they are in the early stages of planting seeds, the race against the rain begins.

In order to stay on schedule the Kron Farm is hoping for at least a week and a half of no rain.