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Not sure recent data really bears that out. Last two years Iowa has had bumper crops with above normal summer precip.
I’m not saying it needs to shut off, but Story counties average yield over the last 4 years was lowest in 2025, which is the year with the most rain. 2024 started out wet, but that slowed way down into June.

2023 half the state was in severe or extreme Drought during pollination time. That’s too dry
 
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Well I think we want June monsoon then we want it to stop which is what these El Ninos seem to do. Not sure we are in a transition year so whats the rumours I wonder. May was dry dry dry, now out of no where it seems monsoony. Seems like thats how it was last El Nino.
 
Typical summer golf in Iowa. They shouldn't let groups slower than mine even play. I would play so much better.:p:p:p
Our league matches usually take 2 1/2 hours for 9 holes. It's painful. Yesterday, our opponent couldn't be there, so we snagged a tee time before the first group and played that 9 in a little over an hour, then played the other side 6-10, then 2-5. We got really lucky catching gaps, and didn't run into traffic until hole 4. So we played 18 in about 3 hours, but the last two holes took a half hour of that.
 
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You guys that need rain come pump some water out of my upper pond. We've had so much rain already it's over flowing and I don't see that stopping anytime soon. It's so bad it created a waterfall and a mud pit that I got the mower stuck in.