On Sept. 26 this year, I interviewed a farmer near Beulah who had been unable to harvest his wheat. The wheat was ready for harvest on Labor Day, but had received more than 7 inches of rain during the first three weeks of September. The kernels were discolored and sprouting. Its only value was for feed.
Many areas of the state have had twice or three times the average growing season rainfall. But rainfall totals don’t tell the whole story. There have simply been too many wet days and not enough drying days.