Rainfall

We got 2" last night. It took all night to come down. Weldon Iowa got 4". It took all night + to come down. Good Lord was kind to us last night. Now I gots to mow that dang grass.

My area just north of I-80 @ Iowa markers 40 & 46. 2 almost neighbors always put on facebook what weather does at their places, 1 had 1.5" other 4". 

This is one of the most frustrating seasons of farming weather we in these parts can remember. April was very cold and wet, not much chance to get a start on planting season. The 6-7 weeks beginning May 1st were the driest on record (or at least since the 40’s depending on exactly where you are) and often very hot. Things got so hot so dry so fast there was about a week long window of a sweet spot to get seeds in the ground before it got pavement hard. Even the seeds that got put in then didn’t fare well because they got cooked after emergence. Stuff planted around the end of may didn’t emerge in some cases for a month. I’ve got a 90 acre corn field with the crop height varying 6 feet.

Since we finally got blessed with rain in mid June, it now has no clue how to stop! Most people are still trying to finish first cutting hay. It doesn’t always rain a lot but it does seem to always rain. Seems to rain about every 18 hours, I kid you not!

Enough to make a guy stress more than usual for sure.

Yeah, several guys by me are calling it quits this year over the weather. Not a huge fan of Washington post ( the anti trump coverage is getting ridiculous) but there was a front page article about how new York state farmers can't get any hay made

got over 5 inches here, also has rained everyday and or night here since, basement gyser is working again, have been trying to get the corn fields sprayed for over a month, to wet for the machine to run in, prolly hafta hire the helicopter. Pfffffft

We'll take it.