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Custer County, Nebraska | Much needed, much appreciated.
Just the night before, I was cultivating. I had to stop, not because of rain, or malfunction, but because I couldn't see what I was doing. The wind came up, probably clocking in excess of 50+mph and I got a front row seat of what the dust bowl days were. I literally could not see far enough ahead to finish the little I had left in that particular field.
The pivot completely disappeared from view, and I could see each individual wave of dirt come rolling across the field.
Finally received in the 2 inch area. First inch came nice and gentle, soaking in. Second inch like a banshee running off and washing out parts of my fields.
I'll take it, good trade.
Before I was looking at a colossal disaster. I still have huge areas of fields that have not germinated due to lack of rainfall. Up to this point, since April I have only received around .50 inch rain.
I am still in major major trouble, but at least now I feel I have a shot, not good, but a shot at some sort of dryland crop. When the bare spots fill in, I might have green soybeans come fall and wet dryland corn, but it at least feels better to see *something* growing instead of bare ground.
Edited by CentralNEFarmer 6/18/2006 03:12
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