Rain

Wow! Have we gotten the rain. We are very blessed though that we don't live in a flooded area. We have had so much rain though the fields are full and many crops are ruined. It's too late to replant too. It could be a bad year for crops. So much corn is used for ethenol too so gas will probably go even higher.

New Crops

A couple weeks ago already, the little corn could be seen coming up in rows. It made me feel sad because that was one thing my deceased husband loved to see. He loved to ride somewhere and see the new little crops coming up. The fields are almost entirely green in places. It won't be long and it will be way above knee high by the 4th of July this year.

Rain Again

It is raining again. We had about 3 decent days and the farmers were trying very hard to get into wet fields and get the crops out. We saw many semis and tractors with double wagons sitting at the elevator. It will be a long night for the elevator from now on in every town. However, now it is supposed to rain again for several days. That is bad. We are just hoping it doesn't snow early again or a lot of it.

Crops in Iowa

The corn and bean crops in north central Iowa look beautiful right now. They are at their peak. The corn is tasseling and we will be seeing the ears forming very soon. Looking out across the beautiful green bean fields is a real treat. The corn was about waist to shoulder high by the 4th of July. They always say it should be knee high by the 4th but it was way taller than that again this year. Now the farmers hope and pray there won't be any hail storms or bad wind storms to knock the corn down and make it hard to combine. Summer is going way too fast and it hasn't really been hot as it usually is. In fact, it has been downright cold many days. That doesn't help the crops grow.