I won’t be fooled by the forecast

Glenn Brunkow
Apr 8, 2026
7 hrs ago

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We have rain forecast for tonight and it is going clear through Friday. That is good because we need the rain. Things are dry around here and getting drier all the time. The weather says we had five days above 90 degrees in March – a new record, and I believe it.

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Glenn Brunkow is a fifth-generation farmer in the Northern Flint Hills of Pottawatomie County in Kansas. He was a county Extension educator for 19 years before returning to farm and ranch full time. He can be reached at editorial@midwestmessenger.com.