The rains came and came, filling up creeks and rivers after the saturated soil could hold no more. The above average rainfall continues to threaten crops throughout the Lone Star State.
Curt Mowery, a Brazoria County farmer, knows the feeling all too well.
“We’re almost set to break what amount of rain we received last year during the April and May time period. We’ll probably hit that or surpass that particularly in May,” Mowery said.
Mowery estimates he’s received eight to nine inches of rain recently.
Rain is a good thing for farmers. But too much rainfall can cause just as many issues as too little. And farmers in the Brazoria County area are concerned what will happen when the Brazos River floods.
“The Brazos River is probably two to three miles from our furthest corner, from all indications from what we’ve seen. Just the proximity of that rain happening just north in Washington County, it’s going to impact us,” Mowery said.
Forecasts are calling for more rain throughout the week for the area.
If the river level rises to what is projected, Mowery is fearful it will wash away his 380 acres of soybeans.
But farmers are resilient and are preparing the best they can.
“We know it’s going to be bad,” Mowery said. They’re just not sure how bad.