(WFIN) – Hancock County Republicans got to learn more about the stress farmers and the agribusiness community are facing during their First Friday Luncheon.

Legacy Farmers Cooperative president and CEO Mark Sunderman explained that many crops didn’t get planted due to the rainy spring.

Sunderman told the group that the repercussions from the rainy spring will be felt for a long time.

Sunderman said that they are trying to focus on the future and implementing new programs to help nutrient management and pesticide use.