The rain is finally coming down here, but the question is, will it be enough to save the harvest?
After going months without any significant rainfall, Furlin has seen 4 inches in two weeks.
It’s nice for soil conservation, but Furlin says it’s too little, too late for this year’s harvest.
Let’s revisit some staggering numbers.
Furlin says last year, he harvested 185 bushels of corn per acre, and it was a down year.
But when you’re faced with the worst drought in 30 years, Furlin says you take rain when you can get it.
"And this will get us to start going into next year."
No, it hasn’t been an easy summer for southern Iowa farmers, but this is a welcome sight.
"We could still use some rain," Furlin said.
"You’re not out of the woods, but the days are looking brighter."

Health services for those around the far western community of Whitecliffs, where Ms Turner lives, are often remote.
When people there need specialist treatment, she said, they must to travel to a city and the costs quickly stack up.
Top of her mind are regional Australians who she says are putting cancer treatment aside because they can’t afford to leave the farm – their only income source.
The drought might hit the farm first but it doesn’t take long before the regional towns which depend on agriculture feel the pinch.
And social problems soon follow.
Data from the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research reveals all but two regions of NSW, outside Sydney, have experienced increases in methamphetamine use and possession over the past five years.
"Obviously we know what happens without (drug and alcohol treatment) services," she said.
"We need to be aware of this with the drought – it’s so easy to have that extra beer and wine to forget what’s happening in the world.
You can’t ask people if they’re okay, they’re working daylight till dark – and longer."
Telehealth, video chatting with doctors in urban centres, could fix some of the issues, Ms Turner said.

BRYAN, Tex (KBTX) – The biggest improvement is the removal of the "Extreme Drought" category from the entire Brazos Valley.
Leon and Robertson counties have edged out that nasty red color and are now in "Severe Drought".
It is possible that category is somewhat wiped away with this past week’s and this coming weekend’s expected rain, too.
The back and forth "Abnormally Dry" for the southern half of the area has swung to the good side once again this week, and we don’t expect that yellow color to return within the next couple weeks.
Across the state: General improvement in our neck of the woods, while some of the "Extreme Drought" was just a displaced a little farther west.
Areas along the coast were removed from the "Abnormally Dry" category, and shouldn’t be put back in that range for a while thanks to expected rain in the coming days.
The U.S. Drought Monitor, established in 1999, is a weekly map of drought conditions produced jointly by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
The U.S. Drought Monitor website is hosted and maintained by the drought center.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue designated 12 Missouri counties as primary natural disaster areas due to drought.
Producers in Audrain, Barry, Barton, Boone, Callaway, Cooper, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Moniteau, Monroe and Newton counties who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) emergency loans.
Additionally, agricultural producers in counties contiguous to the 12 disaster area counties are also eligible for emergency loans.
This includes farmers in Christian County.
As of Aug. 28, the U.S. Drought monitor indicated that all of Christian County is in a case of “Severe Drought,” a drought status that has crept from west to east across the county map through the month of August.
This designation by Perdue allows the Farm Service Agency to extend emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters.
Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including replacing essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganizing a farming operation or refinance certain debts.

AT ST JOSEPH’S Barcaldine, a small Catholic primary school an hour from Longreach, the drought is so crippling that school fees have been waived and a mob of famished kangaroos have taken over the school’s oval.
It is one of several Catholic schools in drought-ravished Queensland regions that have stopped charging parents because times are too tough.
Neil McDonald, from the Catholic diocese of Rockhampton, said term-two school fees at three parish schools in Longreach, Blackhall and Barcaldine had been waived to take the pressure off families.
The schools have also received food and grocery vouchers for families to use in local stores.
St Joseph’s principal Annie Wachtel said the decision to waive school fees has made a big impact.
“It was a huge relief for our families, to have that cost away from their budgets, especially the families who live on properties,” she said.
Ms Wachtel said the school’s oval was now the only slice of green in Barcaldine, so a mob of hungry kangaroos had taken over.
Wealthy independent boarding schools such as Marist Brothers Ashgrove and Rockhampton Grammar School also are doing their bit to help country families whose livelihood is being impacted by the protracted drought.
James Metzeling, the school’s head of boarding, said that Marist did not want students to be forced to leave the school because of family financial pressure.
Australian Boarding Schools Association excecutive director Richard Stokes said most independent boarding schools were offering bursaries or payment plans for school fees, so country kids did not have to suffer the dislocation of being pulled from school in tough times.

TRAVERSE CITY — Rain gauges that were dry for much of the summer are now overflowing, relieving drought conditions across much of northern Michigan.
The Traverse City area received nearly 3 inches of rain from Aug. 27 through Aug. 29, and got another 1.17 inches so far this month.
It has also been a warm summer, with most of the northern region posting temperatures above their long-term averages, according to data from the National Weather Service.
Traverse City had its third warmest summer on record with an average temperatures of 71.1 degrees, which is 4.3 degrees above the long-term average of 66.8 degrees.
Temperatures are measured at the Cherry Capital Airport.
John King is the owner of King Orchards in Antrim County, which was experiencing severe drought conditions in some areas.
"The drought severely affected the raspberries," King said.
The apples are probably are a little small, but we think we have a really good crop coming."
King also had a great corn crop.
Cumulative rain data will be posted Thursday and Lutz expects that recent rains will have made up the rainfall deficit in many of the areas seeing drought conditions, with the classification being lifted.

SOME of NSW’s hardest-hit drought regions have missed out on some much needed wet weather after Sydney and coastal areas copped a burst of rain.
It comes after the state recorded its eighth-driest winter on record with rainfall 54 per cent below average, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
Newcastle and the far north received a bulk of the rainfall between Sunday and Tuesday, with Ballina receiving nearly 80mm and Broadmeadow 70mm in 24 hours.
Despite persistent showers, Sydney only got 11mm on Monday.
Meteorologist Craig Ryan said other areas, including Armidale and Tamworth, recorded similarly low totals.
"It’s certainly not in the far western areas, unfortunately," he told AAP on Tuesday.
"We have seen helpful totals in the 10-20mm range for the northern tablelands, it’s not breaking any droughts but it’s certainly helpful."
Showers are expected to continue later in the week, mostly along the mid north coast and northern rivers.
Total rainfall across NSW was just 53.1mm for winter 2018, almost half the average.
Parts of the western districts received their lowest winter rainfall on record, while the state recorded its driest January to August period since 1965.-AAP

Almost all of Western Europe experienced drought, a heat wave, or hot and dry conditions in July and August, with pastures from northern France to Ireland to areas east of Germany all recording growth close to the historical minimum.
Wheat and barley yields in the Baltic States, Scandinavia, United Kingdom and parts of Central Europe are all tracking at below average, while maize yields from France to Poland are also well down.
A presentation by the EU agricultural director general to the EU’s agriculture and rural development committee on August 30 said derogation, or easing of legislative restrictions, tied to greening rules had been enacted to allow fodder production on fallow land.
Also, EU farmers impacted by drought are eligible to apply for “de minimis aid” of up to €15,000 over three years, and can now also apply for funding to pay for up to 100pc of the cost of restoring agricultural production potential, such as reseeding pastures lost in the fierce summer conditions.
Last month, the EU agreed to allow some land fallowed as ecological focus areas (EFA) to be harvested, grazed or cut for hay or silage, and to be sown to winter crop.
EU administrators are also looking to minimise the use of force majeure being called on contracts which cannot be filled as a result of heat and drought.
The EU Commission has requested responses on the extent of drought impact from Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, and Northern Ireland.
Australian trade sources say a shortage of grain and fodder in Europe is likely to translate to strengthened demand for Australia canola, and may result in some sales of malting barley.
Overall, Northern Europe’s situation is seen as supportive of world grain prices.
Source: EU Commission Full Name: (First Name and Surname Required) – read our Comment Policy

Extreme drought in parts of Afghanistan has forced 150,000 more people to flee homes in a month, the UN announced on Tuesday.
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) stated on Tuesday most of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) live in informal sites in Herat and Qala-e-Naw cities in the western region of the country.
In total, OCHA announced it has delivered food, cash or livelihood assistance to over 300,000 IDPs in Badghis, Ghor, Herat, Jawzjan, Faryab and Kandahar provinces that are hit by the drought.
However, serious protection concerns have been raised with a spike in early marriages and child labor at these informal sites occupied by the IDPs.
This came as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and OCHA’s Under Secretary General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock are set to visit Afghanistan on Wednesday to monitor the situation.
As per the UN estimates, 225 districts in 20 provinces are affected by the drought.

GIPPSLAND’S drought-affected farmers will gain access to a state government drought support package within three weeks, according to Agriculture Minister Jaala Pulford.
“We’re looking at off-farm income support, stock containment (grants) and support to build resilience and capacity for the future,” she said.
But Ms Pulford steered clear of considering municipal rate, freight or water cartage subsidies.
“We’re in September now and rates aren’t due until February,” she said.
Ms Pulford said she was not interested in matching NSW and Queensland governments’ transport subsidies to cover fodder, grain, water and livestock cartage, given it just led to market distortions.
During a tour of Gippsland last week Ms Pulford said people raised the issue of freight subsidies, but she did not want to see the money being used to increase revenue for West Australian fodder producers or transport operators.
Other farmers were concerned at long delays in gaining authority to control wildlife, from ducks eating maize and lucerne crops to kangaroos eating sparse pastures.
Ms Pulford said she was talking to Environment Minister Lily D’Ambrosio about the issue.
Much of what the Government is considering is similar to what was on offer to western Victorian farmers during the 2015-16 drought, which included: $3.15 MILLION to a drought program employing farmers $620,500 FOR grants of up to $2000 for farmers to build stock containment areas to protect pastures and soils FARM risk management grants of up to $10,000 that farmers must match “to manage risks and manage farm performance in changing climatic conditions”.
Ms Pulford said she was surprised how popular the $10,000 grants were during the 2015-16 drought.