With the recent onslaught of rain, local farmers are hopeful its short-lived. Shawn Geffert, whose farms include much of the envied rich river bottom soil, is not too distraught: “I’d rather have it wet than…

Mid-afternoon Thursday Shawn Geffert looked over 80 acres of corn, some harvested but most still standing. He wrenched the husk from an ear, broke it in two, plucked a kernel and plopped it in his…