Corbin Wilson isn’t about to let a wetter-than-normal spring and early summer rain on his parade. Quite the opposite.

“We’ve been blessed with enough rainfall this year,” said Wilson, who farms 1,800 acres in northern Warren County. “I’m growing corn, soybeans and wheat. They’re all looking good. The corn looks phenomenal.”

Wilson is one of many local farmers who view the wet stuff falling from nimbus clouds as pennies from heaven. National Weather Service statistics show the Bowling Green area received 28.68 inches of rain in the first six months of 2017, well ahead of last year’s 21.67 inches and topping 2015 and 2014 totals as well.

Local meteorologist Landon Hampton backs that up, pointing out that this region experienced the wettest June on record.

That moisture, combined with mild temperatures, has farmers smiling.

“With the combination of good rainfall and cooler temperatures, Warren County is on track for a record crop of corn,” said Mike Bullock, agriculture specialist at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College.

“It’s just about an ideal time for growing.”

Another Warren County farmer, Tim Westbrook, has no argument with Bullock’s assessment.

“My corn right now is looking really good,” Westbrook said.

“The soybeans were iffy in the beginning of the season, but they’re looking good now. I tell everybody that I’m not going to complain about the rain.”

Bullock said this will be the fifth straight year of good crops after the 2012 drought. The better news, he said, is that prices for corn and soybeans are rising a bit.

Corn, which was going for $6 per bushel three years ago, had fallen below $4 per bushel until rebounding to around $4.25 recently. Soybeans, which sold for more than $12 per bushel three years ago, had fallen below $10 until a recent rebound put them back in double-digit range.