<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/Bryce-Oates-241x300.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="80" height="100" /></span>Drought is hard on us out here in Farm Country. But drought in the midst of boiling hot summer is amongst the worst conditions I can imagine. At this point in West Missouri we’re numerous inches behind on rain for the average year...On my farm, we’ve had right at 3 inches of rain since April 1st. April-May-June being a bulwark of the year’s annual precipitation jolt--between 12-15 inches per year on average. Some farmers have gotten more, others less). We normally get around 40 inches of rain per year, but maybe we need to get around to figuring out the “new normal.”</p>
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