Sporadic rain showers in June left many Mid-Shore farmers with dry fields and in need of steady rain over the next two weeks to salvage their corn crop this year.
Talbot County Agriculture and Education Center President Hank Spies said some areas of Talbot County received a lot of rain in June, while others remain dry after a sparse month of rainfall.
"Areas near St. Michaels and Claiborne received about 3.5 inches of rain in June, but parts east of Route 50 near Cordova, Easton and Trappe got less than an inch of rain in June," Spies said. "It's really dry and pretty bad east of Route 50. They need rain in the next week or so or it could be a lost season."
"Corn got off to the fast start with a great spring," he said. "The problem has been storms have missed a lot of areas and we have not got a good soaking rain for about a month."
5 comments:
Same here in Salisbury. Look at the storms today. They looked good coming toward Salisbury on the radar. Then they just fizzled out like a wall broke them apart as they approached Salisbury
Farmers are bitching every year that its too hot, not enough rain or too much rain. You will just have to deal with what the Almighty throws your way.
Let's everybody say an extra prayer tonight for a good 3 day rain event and see what happens.
I will do a rain dancein the buff.
9:34 PM
Do I know you? lol
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