wet crop reports in SC

Farmers in the low country, that is, the eastern part of the state nearer the ocean, are saying they are having big crop losses due the recent heavy rain and
flooded fields. Peanuts in the wet ground will develop mold and be unfit for human or animal feed. Soybeans and cotton are being damaged. A lot of income
comes from poultry and forestry and those areas haven't been hurt. Cow-calf operators are enjoying the high prices, which have declined somewhat(I'm planning
to watch a sale Monday and can report on it then) and some cattlemen were having some concerns about dry pastures, but nothing serious, grass is growing after
the rains and all hay has not been cut yet.

Earlier in the summer dry weather wiped out some corn crops. One BTO said he got $125 an acre from crop insurance. You corn growers on here know how far that
went. My corn growing was limited to garden corn. Planted that around April 1st when it was wet. Turned dry in June. Conditions about the same for large
operators in the low country, except they would have planted 2-3 weeks earlier. I watered the garden from the hose, some low country farmers have center pivot
equipment, some don't.

On I 95 closures: 13 miles still closed. Some bridges over small streams damaged and they are having to repair them 24-seven. I 95 is a major North-South
route.

KEH

No where near the losses you have there. But lots of beans are sprouting in the hulls here and parts of NC. Rained for 7 days straight then skipped a day and got more rain and several days of cloudy weather after that. Of course along the Dan river some beans went under water. Again. Nothing like there. The impact in SC. will be felt for years and years.

I did see on the news several days ago that gleaning for the world was sending 147,000 bottles of water on the first trip and Gods Pit crew out of Danville Va. had 2 truck loads of supplies on the way also. Many need all the help they can get. They're all in our prayers.

A lot of tobacco has and continues to be lost here. Growers that use mechanized harvesters cannot get into fields. Hand priming is progressing slowly in the mud. Low lying areas have drowned. The crop was already late because of the drought. Most fields still have over half of the crop. Growers will not have enough barn room to get it in before it rots in the field or the frost gets it.

Have a total so far today of over 1 1/2 inches, fairly slow, no downpours. Columbia area is getting more rain also, looked up the weather report for there.

I haven't looked at nearby beans to see if they are sprouting in the hull. They are short because of dry weather and are standing up well.

The newspaper article didn't mention tobacco. I can see where too much rain would be a problem there.

KEH

KEH, we had just over an inch of rain here. Beans look great. Have filled out and plants are still very green. If no disaster occurs, should be a good crop. Son has about 160 acres.
I feel bad for those folks downstate. I have several friends down there.
Farmers take whatever hits us. Nothing we can do about it.
Richard in NW SC