Widespread rainfall across Iowa June 24 and more showers last week broke a streak of mainly spotty statewide showers over the past two months, but the consensus among farmers and crop specialists is that Mother Nature continues to offer a “feast or famine” approach to Iowa’s 2023 growing season precipitation thus far.

Under the right cloud, the corn and soybeans look ideal, but miss out only a few miles away, and farmers who planted into dry soil continue to watch the dust fly and crops...