Area farmers were happy to see recent rainfall, as corn planting season is underway and wheat crops are just getting started, said Bulloch County Agent Bill Tyson.
Rain helps get corn off to good start
Freeze in mid-March stunted fruit crops
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![Farmer Clint Finch keeps watch as an employee finishes planting a field of corn before heavy rains hit on Tuesday, April 5. The recent rainfall has helped get the local corn off to a good start, farmers say.](https://statesboroherald.cdn-anvilcms.net/media/images/2022/04/07/images/CROPS_WEATHER.max-752x423.jpg)
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