Iowa has received the most spring rainfall since records began 141 years ago

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Excessive wet weather leading to crop yield concerns.

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31 May 13 – “Iowa has received the most spring rainfall since records began 141 years ago, slowing crop plantings and threatening to reduce yields,” says this article on Reuters.

“From March through May, which is our spring record keeping period, Iowa had received 17.48 inches of rain as of Thursday,” said Iowa State Climatologist Harry Hillaker.

The old record of 15.36 inches was set in 1892 but rainfall seen from March through to May is the most since records began, said Hillaker.

Could affect farmer’s insurance

Farmers who plant corn after the end of May in Iowa and Illinois are hit with reductions in insurance benefits for each day that plantings are delayed.

See entire article:

 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/31/usa-corn-weather-idUSL2N0EC10420130531

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