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The drought in Nebraska intensified last week
The drought across Nebraska intensified last week as man farmers wait to start planting.
Lexington farmer Don Batie tells Brownfield he usually starts planting corn in mid-April. “It’s so cold and so dry even our lawns haven’t greened up and the alfalfa hasn’t greened up. It’s one of those years no one is going to push to get started this year,” he says. “I’m guessing it’s going to be the 25th of April and even close to the 1st of May.”
The latest crop progress report from USDA says topsoil moisture is rated at 80 percent short to very short while subsoil moisture is seen at 72 percent short-to-very short.
Winter wheat condition is rated at 32 percent good-to-excellent.
Forty-four percent of oats have been planted with 6 percent of the crop emerged. That’s seven percent ahead of last year’s average.
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