Rain Gauge Reports Million Dollar Rain?
April 2021 was the fourth driest in more than 110 years of records at the Southern Research and Outreach Center at Waseca. Plus, most farmers in our area received little to no rainfall in the first half of May. Saying the rain we received last evening and today was welcomed would be an understatement! I remember growing up my Dad would be talking to other farmers about a million dollar rain. Times have changed since than and I think you could call this rain a billion dollar rain!
In my travels it looked like the corn which was planted when the topsoil was not as dry had pretty good germination. The beans that were planted in the last couple weeks did not emerge nearly as well. Spraying my beans yesterday you would see emerged beans that looked good. Then a couple feet of bean rows that were missing. The beans were planted into dry soil without enough moisture for germination and emergence.