We’re running just under half of average for the year.. after a decent fall of 2025..

This “dry period” for us started.. probably in the fall of 2021.. which lines up with a large La Niña.. period.  Hopefully this changes.. as forecasted.. but probably won’t matter much for a decent chunk of HRW Wheat.

https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/lanina/enso_evolution-status-fcsts-web.pdf 

We’re living on the “dry” side of the “dry line” while Missouri to our east keeps getting pounded.

We we’re just as dry.. up till April 1st last year.. then rains came in the knick of time.  We harvested more dryland wheat than the previous three years combined on several fields in 2025.. so.. I wasn’t ready to write 2026 off.. and we have some subsoil.. and just a bit more rain than those west of us.. however only 1 event over.. half an inch for the year.. we can’t live off heavy dews.

The Sand is about toast.. we’ve lost a fair amount of tillers but.. still could recover some if rains materialize..  the previous bad years saw rains at harvest flush pigweeds through a weak canopy.. which could also happen.. again.

On Corn.. my dryland guys to my east have theirs in.. and mostly up.. to my west.. guys are mostly waiting.. we’ve had to pre water the irrigated.. which is slowing the process down..  as usual it’s a grind.

I can share my data but some complain so.. fwiw.

 

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