***Official 2024 Weather Thread***
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The rains in northern Iowa in June 1993 led to a wild July in Central Iowa.
5” overnight. But our crops look better than the last 4-5 years. That’s what our USDA says. They might be a little of base.
Bigger ponds than the last wave of 4-5 inch rains.
The people saying we needed several months of these rains by looking at a map are completely clueless. Must be their first rodeo. Since this happen too many times.
I don't think people were asking for THIS.
Just some consistent rain to get out of the drought.
Fwiw as of last week a small section of WI still had drought or 'abnormally dry'.
Iowa too.
Yeah, I said the maps are reluctant to step things down much. I had standing water and test wells showing ground water within a couple feet of the surface with all dredged, lakes etc to the banks and the map still said it was a moderate drought.
Went to a meeting that had Richard Brock talking about markets. He had came from Sioux Falls. Said it looked awful on his drive. He cut a million harvested acres and 2 bu/ac off his production estimate just from that 3 hour drive.
My parents deal with flooding a lot, so it's different than a lot of farmers who don't have rivers running through their fields. But they'd 100% prefer droughts to wet years.
