Early in the last 4 cropping seasons there has been speculation about a coming drought. That speculation is once again in the news. I don't make crop predictions especially at this time of year, but I will tell you what soil moisture is looking like and why that is important.
Saturday and again today, I did septic tank investigations. Soil moisture to five feet is good. Only one hole had a water table. More spring moisture would not be a bad thing te rest of the month and into mid March. Surface moisture is high in flatter areas and those area probably have at least a bit of a shallow water table. Moisture att his time of year is a good thing. It protects us from crop failure. High temperatures and low rainfall ravaged our corn last year but most farmers had to harvest it. The crop was not a complete failure. Good spring soil moisture will not prevent a summer drought, but it can help us to have something to harvest even if it is not a bin buster crop.
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