Ohio's farmland is underwater and unrecognizable. The impact will last even longer than the rain

[TexasTowelie]

GREENVILLE, Ohio – Scott Labig spotted Larry Campbell's tractor from the seat of his John Deere, just on the other side of their shared fence.

These neighbors and friends have been planting side-by-side for 40 years in Darke County, one of Ohio's leading producers of corn and soybeans.

But this recent June day was different than any other day in those past four decades, and Labig had to call his friend about it. He needed reassurance, connection, encouragement. And it couldn't wait to talk until they were both done for the day.

Labig was doing something he had never done in his career. Something his father and his grandfather never did either in their time working this same land for the last century.

Read more: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2019/06/19/corn-trouble-and-midwest-rain-its-too-wet-and-farmers-behind/1486263001/