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Holding soil moisture

Farmers are finally getting moisture; rain, snow, and even ice. Recent rains followed by colder temperatures has restore some soil moisture. The slow steady rains have soaked in rather than running off. Waterways finally did fill up with water; but it took a long time. That is both good news for future crops planted next year, but also for water quality. Slow steady rains release much less nutrients into our waterways than fast hard driving rainfall events.

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