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Tuesday, June 12, 2018
A Viewer Writes: Buried to the axles
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DelMarVa's Premier Source for News, Opinion, Analysis, and Human Interest Contact Publisher Joe Albero at alberobutzo@wmconnect.com or 410-430-5349
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Even if a field isn't underwater all the rain has made existing established crops susceptible to root rot.
I feel sorry for all the farmers out there. There is one field in front of my home that is totally under water like this picture. The corn crop is destroyed. Hopefully they can go back in when the flooding is over and fields have drained to replant. Even my yard is now like a marshland. Mosquito's are everywhere! Never had to deal with them until recently.
A real farmer would know better. He should fire the half wit employee who didn't
You can't "drain away" water from the top of the water table. That there is groundwater, not rainwater. The soil is saturated to the top of the ground, and above the ground. The farmer now has a pond, until the groundwater subsides. A lot of farmers are getting a reality check on how valuable their farmland really is. That low land isn't worth squat this year, or any year there is excess rainfall.
This reminds me of the property the new Bennett was built on. That property stayed like that until a drought came. Dry about 2 months out of the year. Has the foundation started cracking yet?
My father always said that farmers were the biggest gamblers in the world. Having to rely on the weather.
The field across from my house looks like a rice patty field
I feel bad for any farmer that has trouble...they are the salt of the earth, hard working and sometimes little return. Pray for the farmers.
I hope he had his boots on!
Tuff year for sure. Wish em luck because I sure like to eat.
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