Hillebo farms flooding
- Photo courtesy of Corey Hillebo
Drone-captured photos show flood damage after early July storms pummeled Hillebo Family Farms near Elkhart, Iowa. “We were looking pretty good but nothing can withstand 9-15” of rain in 36 hours. It doesn’t matter how much tile you have. Nothing we can do about it but keep controlling the controllables…which lately doesn’t seem like much,” Corey Hillebo said. Once it dries out, he is strongly considering putting in cover crops where soybeans were planted and flooded. He said conditions remind him to a similar pattern of excess rain about seven to eight years ago.
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Mother Nature is imposing changing and challenging Midwest conditions this growing season.
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