The beginning?

Our long weekend of rain chances has begun.  We received 0.4" of rain at our house last night and east of here seemed to be even wetter.   Hopefully, we'll be able to fill the rain gauge a little more before the weekend is out!

No rain yet

The rains yesterday all seemed to miss us again, but we have more chances in the forecast this week so we'll pray for that.  The corn is busy pollinating and would love some moisture to soak up with all this sunshine.

Soybean tour

We went on a short soybean tour this morning to check the fields.  One field of Watts' will need replanted in spots.  Quentin thinks it is dry enough there to do that this afternoon.  Everything else looks pretty good.  There is definitely more moisture in the ground over at Chambers', but we still have not heard how much rain they received there.  More chances of rain in the forecast, and the corn would be happy to get a good drink!

Field on Chambers' planted mid-June

Field on Leisure's planted mid-May

Showers

We received about 0.4" here at the house, and radar indicated we might have gotten a little more rain over on Chambers'.  It was a nice, soaking rain, which was perfect for the newly planted soybeans.  I'm sure the corn could use a little more moisture, but we do have more chances of rain in the forecast.

Finished planting!

Quentin finished up planting soybeans easily yesterday.  Today, they are trying to get caught up on spraying again.  We have a good chance for rain this afternoon through tomorrow morning and are hopeful we will get a good shower.

Wheat harvest wrapping up

Quentin is out finishing up the last of the wheat on Marilyn's.  Wheat harvest 2016 will soon be over for us!  He should be able to wrap planting up soon, too.  This morning, he planted a few after-wheat beans on Chambers'.  We have a couple chances for rain Thursday and Friday, and we are praying some of that materializes in to a nice amount of moisture. 

Divide and conquer

A couple more fields are dry enough to harvest and plant so the men decided to divide and conquer today.  Paul is out harvesting on Steeby's, and Quentin took the planter down to Watts' to put some more soybeans in the ground.  That would leave Marilyn's wheat left to cut and Paul's soybeans up by Winfrey's barn left to plant.