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It Rained,
But Not
Enough
Last week’s rain gave some relief to farmers in Rappahannock County, but it wasn’t enough.
Weather observer Dennis Wingfield reported that a total of .84 inches of rain fell on May 16, 17 and 18. “As much fell in those three days as in the first 15 days of the month,” Wingfield said. As of Monday, May’s rainfall has been 1.75 inches. At the same time last year, the figure was 2.16 inches.
So far this spring “Mother Nature has put the breaks on,” remarked Wingfield, “but May is showing some promise.”
Bill Oliver, manager of Eldon Farms in Woodville, said “the rain was certainly helpful but it wasn’t a lot.” He noted that some areas in Culpeper got as much as 1 1/2 inches of rain. “That’s the way it rains in the summer; it could be pouring down five miles away and we might be getting nothing here."
As of this writing, Oliver had only begun cutting alfalfa. He said the harvest would be half of what it usually is.
Supervisor Richard Latham, who farms near Amissville, said it was good to have the rain. Still, he noted that his first hay harvest w ill only bring in 20 to 30 percent of the normal amount
Latham remains optimistic. “We’ve always survived, I reckon we’ll do it again somehow.”
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