Let it rain

Welcomed showers settled in last weekend as slow, steady rain fell over much of the county. Burke County Cooperative Extension Coordinator Will Duffie said some isolated areas in the county experienced high winds that caused some crop damage, such as this corn that was blown over, but most crops benefited from the long overdue watering. "It was perfect," he said of the rain. "A majority of it soaked in. If we would have had that rain in a two-to-threehour period, it wouldn't have meant that much." Many farmers reported that their crops received an average of about three inches of rain. The soil profile was dry down to about 10 inches deep, Duffie said, and the rains should provide some relief.