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Snodgrass concerned drought conditions could worsen
An atmospheric scientist is concerned drought conditions could worsen over much of the Midwest.
Dr. Eric Snodgrass with Nutrien Ag Solutions says there are two strikes against a large region of the Corn Belt that’s become extremely dry.
“Low soil moisture that’s throughout the Great Plains to the Midwest all the way to the Great Lakes, one of the driest falls on record. And the other strike against us is this weak La Nina.”
He tells Brownfield historically that means there’s about a sixty percent chance of drought next year.
“It’s better than 50-50, but that also means every four in ten years it rains. So you end up getting the moisture, and as a result it’s not something that I think can be truly actionable at this point. It’s something you’ve got to watch.”
Snodgrass says ideally the winter features very active freeze-thaw cycles and a lot of late winter snow.
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