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loneranger

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Hey, I'm back from hunting. SE Iowa still is lacking in good deep soil moisture. I know is a long time until next growing season, and winter driving and snow removal will look kindly at the current weather pattern, but weather pattern is setting up now for the winter. Wet storm track is way south and then East and up the East coast. Iowa, especially southeast looks dry. Warm dry-Cold dry. Not a good pattern for replenishing the soil moisture.At least mine.
 
Right on! And as we see,,over the past two months,,Major storm track is up the Ohio River Valley and the East Coast. Was same last winter. Whatever happened to the big ole storms that used to roll up across the CENTER of the corn Belt? I know the soil is froze, and no one cares for winter driving, but unless the jet streams change, the pattern does not BODE well. Few Farm shows or personalities are noticing,,they should, cause April is only 3 months away. I know,,I know,,same loneranger seeing the sky falling! something to keep an eye on anyway.
 
Finally....Finally heard Crop anylist on WHO Farm Show talk about the dry conditions in Kansas,Neb, and Iowa, and her concern for the Spring. Not just me that has noticed.
 
loneranger said:
Finally....Finally heard Crop anylist on WHO Farm Show talk about the dry conditions in Kansas,Neb, and Iowa, and her concern for the Spring. Not just me that has noticed.
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Cover crops will shine again this year looks like.

A guy in my area doubled his soybean bushels output in the past 2 years drought....its called manure and rye that did it. :)
 
Short, short version...where we had rye the year before, our brassicas came in fair to good and the deer are feeding on them now, despite little to no rain on them following their planting in late-July and early-August. Where we did not have rye the year before...pretty much a failed brassica planting ensued, poor germination and growth at best, mostly bare dirt to show for it.

Rye, if for no other reason than soil preparation, and there are other good reasons to plant it, is the bomb.

Also, in part to attract and hold upland game, but also as a hedge against drought, we planted more milo this year than ever before. Milo is about the best "drought beater" out there IMO in terms of also providing food and cover for a variety of wildlife.
 
loneranger, what part of SE Iowa are you at? I have some farms that I hunt down around Burlington and the last couple of years have been terrible
 
My land,?,,between Ottumwa and Fairfield. I keep track of precip for the area, and I know what you are saying. You guys in Burlington have had it the worst, as far as precip dieing out trying to get there. But looking at the Drought Monitor Maps you can see, the dryness extends across Iowa from the west states. News last night showed fires in Calif already again. For some reason moisture does not get pulled up into systems from the gulf, until east of Iowa. This weekend like last , SE Iowa may ,,just get into it. Snow of coarse.
 
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