By Richard Oswald
DTN Special Correspondent

LANGDON, Mo. (DTN) -- Everyone talks about the weather, but doing anything about it can be hard. That's never been more apparent than in the weekly reports of View from the Cab farmers Becton Bell of Wilson, Ark., and Frank Zweber of Hoven, S.D. As experienced irrigators, both Becton and Frank attest to the fact that other than pumping water onto heat-stressed fields, there's not much else to be done when weather throws farmers a curve ball.

Frank had a big curve ball thrown his way last week when hail struck some of his ...