KENNARD, Neb. —

Some farmers say the recent wet weather has been too much for their crops.

In Kennard, Nebraska, the Thomsen family has been farming for four generations now.

The farm has "corn, soybean, alfalfa and (a) cow-calf herd."

Like many farmers, a lot of their work is impacted — good or bad — by weather.

This past Monday, that weather brought three inches of rain.

For farmers, rain is usually a good thing, but at the family farm, the rain has been more than typical. That's caused issues, especially for the corn.

"Because we had rain all summer, the plants really never had time to dry off, so it was a great environment for disease pressure. And we do fungicide our corn for disease pressure, but the plants were so lush that that fungicide couldn't get through the canopy," Sco

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