It could be a sloppy spring in central Illinois.

Ed Shimon at the National Weather Service in Lincoln indicates an above-normal precipitation trend right through the spring will make things wet and could be challenging for producers to find opportunities to get the crop in the ground.

As the La Nina pattern that we've dealt with for the last three winters moves off, Shimon says we return to a neutral pattern. It will be several months before we see another El Nino or La Nina pattern re-develop.

Shimon indicates it's already been an interesting start to the meteorological year as we've seen temperatures below zero, tornadoes, high temperatures in the 60s, and a winter storm event roll through.