“The Day the Rain Didn’t Come”: How Farmers Make Decisions Under Uncertainty
“If summer rains would come again, And fields would wake in green…” – inspired by Thomas Hardy’s pastoral imagery The morning began with a silence that felt wrong.No soft tapping on the shed roof.No mist rising from the hedgerows.Just a stillness that made Michael, a third‑generation farmer, pause at the door. He checked the sky…

