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Could have been worse…

Thursday, April 30, 2026 We escaped the big, big rain with marginal damage.  We received 4.5 inches (and in some field locations an inch more) of rain starting Saturday, and we had flooding in many of our creek-bottom flat fields.  … Continue reading

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Rainy spell

Friday, July 5, 2024 We’ve entered that typical post-double-crop-soybean planting rainy period.  I’m not sure how long this will last, but yesterday for the 4th we got a 1″ (25mm) rain.  It was so very welcome, and today we are … Continue reading

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Soggy SWIN

Monday, June 29, 2015 It was a rainy past few days, but Saturday was cool and dry and pleasant.  The rains came Thursday (1″), Friday (.8″) and Sunday (.5″) evenings.   And there has been .2″ this morning!  The White River … Continue reading

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Hurricane in Indiana?

Wednesday, June 17, 2015 The remnants of Hurricane Bill that brought flooding to Texas are beginning to show some effect in SW Indiana.  Since evening yesterday, we have received 1.3″ (34mm) rain.   Our flat fields are surviving this heavier rain in an okay manner so … Continue reading

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