Due to the extreme drought.. on our farm we are I believe day number 14 over 100 (including about 3 near 110)and the local weather station says 2.71" from Jan 1st till June 14th.. "It hot and dry."

Due to the extreme drought the Ks DWR has an application to issue a temporary term permit for 2 years.. for a fee you can apply to use 2 years of your permit.. It bundles 2 years together.. so you could bring next year's allocation forward (like this year to finish...??)

You may want to talk to them.. it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you apply before hitting your allocation. They also have a five year rolling allocation.. plus other programs.. call and visit.. don't wait until it is too late.. be PRO-ACTIVE.  Don't let this year's drought mess up your future.. go read your meters.. figure out a plan.. and execute it before it is too late.

In our neck of the woods we have dryland corn that is about 3.5 to 5.5' tall.. mostly scalded that is trying to pollinate.. believe it or not.. some may actually make it through pollination..(I have seen some brown silks.. on some) the irrigated is mostly better but not far behind.. at the seed agronomy meeting the other day.. comments like..  "worst I've ever seen"  "Bad" and "mulititude of problems" between Insurance.. (which wants you to keep going..), Contracted bushels.. (hey you guys owe us x bushels..) and water allocations (but don't pump over y amount..) will lead growers into making tough choices..

Data presented argued for needing about 5 gpm per acre to finish from pollination... exm if you have a 125 acre pivot that is only pumping 500 gpm.. then you may only be able to see 100 acres of it through.. (NOTE:Conditions vary.. VISIT WITH YOUR AGRONOMIST or other specialst..) this is a very general broad rule of thumb.. things like.. soils, holding capacity, rainfall, no-till, crop-residue, hybrid, pivot condition, as well as other factors may enter into your decision process... it will probably be a field by field determination.

Talked about tough choices having to be made whether to start abandoning one side to save the other..   Also we've seen a lot of heat scalding.. and such..

On our farm in 2009 we only saw 4 days over 100.. as I said we are already at #14 with the rest of July and August yet to go... this is "above normal" (as if you didn't realize this..) and seeing the crop through pollination.. will be critical.. if it doesn't pollinate.. that will determine some factors..  In 1980.. we had a nice stand.. tall crop.. not as good of genetics.. that we hit a flash heat spell (like the couple of 109 days this year..) that didn't pollinate.. If you can keep a canopy.. and keep it cool.. and keep the silks moist.. Thank goodness for this break in the temps.. then you got a shot.. we'll know one way or the other here in a couple of weeks.

Good luck and hang in there.. the state is throwing you a lifeline... don't ignore it.. if you need it!!

Scout your fields and consult others.. your going to have to bear down on it this year!!