Several states in the U.S. have reportedly had the wettest June on record since 1974. A farmer that CCTV spoke to expects dramatic losses in crops this year. Some were even unable to plant their crops this season, while others are watching as the quality of their crop deteriorates in this unusually wet summer for the upper Midwest region of the U.S. CCTV America’s Roza Kazan filed this report from Trenton, in the U.S. state of Illinois.

Farmer Kent Kleinschmidt said he received, “Almost 7 inches [of rain] in May”. Kleinschmidt said, “in June we had 19 inches and so far in July we had another, the first two weeks, we had another 7 1/2 inches so for the last two and a half months – I’ve had 33 and 12 inches.” According to Kleinschmidt, 33 and 1/2 inches is a whole year’s worth of moisture/precipitation (both snow and rain) in two and a half months.David Ullman said he hadn’t seen such a wet June since 1974. He expects a 25% loss both on his soy and corn because of those seeds that have been washed away or the quality of those plants that survived. He expects he might be facing up to a 50 percent discount (drop) on the price he will be offered for his wheat, because its quality has deteriorated due to the rain and the fact that it wasn’t harvested on time.

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