MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin has had a wet fall, a snowy winter and so far this season, a wet spring, and none of it is doing favors to farmers in the area.

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Many haven't planted any of their acreage because the wet, muddy conditions mean the only thing a corn grower can do is wait, WISC-TV reported.

Springtime on a southern Wisconsin farm is usually filled the with sound of tractors, but brothers Scott and Mike Farrington have been doing work in a shed, keeping busy while they wait for their fields to dry.

"There have been times when we maybe sat for a week, but it's been a long time since we've gone until almost the first of May and we're just sitting," said Mike Farrington, of Edgerton.

Of their 1,400 acres, only 60 are planted, and in this case, they said there's nothing to do but blame it on the rain.

"Last summer in August we had 20 inches of rain, which restored the groundwater of the subsoil moisture, and with the 100 inches of snow, the ground is saturated; it has nowhere to go," Farrington said.

Across the state, only 1 percent of the corn crop has been planted, and the amount of tilled ground is at a 10-year low.

"Normally this time of year when we have a 1/2 inch of rainfall it has very little effect on the farmers. It might stop them for a day," said David Fischer, a Dane County crops and soils agent. "Right now, what we're looking at is a 1/2 inch of rain is equivalent to one day, if not more, of farmers being out of the field."

Mike Farrington said he is hoping for a string of warm, sunny days so he can work.

"Farmers are used to that, that's why they farm, they're gamblers," Farrington said. "People say, 'Don't you go to Ho-Chunk?' I say, 'I gamble every day when I'm farming.'"

If the wet weather continues, farmers might have to change to a corn with a shorter growing time, which might mean buying new seed. If it goes on until June, some might have to switch what they plant to soybeans, WISC-TV reported.