Source: WITN, 5/18/16

While farmers need rain, officials say all the rain we’ve had recently is creating problems with drainage in the soil and spreading diseases among crops like wheat and corn. In a Beaufort County wheat field, leaves are brown or dead and some even have holes in them. Beaufort County Extension Director Rod Gurganus, says that’s because wet weather and cool temperatures are causing wheat crops to wither and decline. He says the soil cannot properly drain all the water and the lack of sunshine has made it hard for the plants to dry out properly. …

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