Monday night’s storms added insult to injury for area crops. Last week, wheat and corn fields were damaged by a hail storm. Monday evening, rain and wind further damaged crops.
Brian Rees, Lyon County Extension agent, said this morning that he didn’t see much in the way of crop damage until he got to Americus.
“What little wheat there was got laid over a little bit,” Rees said. “There was some corn that was pretty much flattened. That’s not uncommon. It will come back. It might be difficult to harvest, but it will come back and survive.”
Rees said corn is limber enough that it will lift itself off the ground. However, flooding will cause problems for the soybean crop.
“Corn can withstand being under or in water for a period of time,” Rees said. “Beans, if they are under water more than the river coming up and down, they are pretty much done. Beans do not handle being under water. If they are under water for more than 12 hours, then they are done.”
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