impact of drought

All this talk over the last 5 years about drought resistant and drought tolerant genetics for corn.... Didnt anyone plant those varieties.

The only thing green in my yard, is the weeds.... what do they know?/
 
Drought resistant? maybe, drought proof, no way.
Sure hope things turn around for you folks.
 
Farmers have been disking corn in the Mitchell/Parkston area already. I took a trip through the Philip/Midland/Hays/Ft. Pierre area last week, and most of the corn will not get tall enough to even make silage. Weeks of 90-100 degree temps and no rain will wilt anything.

When the CRP is cut for "emergency" hay, not only will good cover be gone, the hawks will have a field day killing the chicks. What a great way to decrease the pheasant population!
 
CRP said:
Farmers have been disking corn in the Mitchell/Parkston area already. I took a trip through the Philip/Midland/Hays/Ft. Pierre area last week, and most of the corn will not get tall enough to even make silage. Weeks of 90-100 degree temps and no rain will wilt anything.

When the CRP is cut for "emergency" hay, not only will good cover be gone, the hawks will have a field day killing the chicks. What a great way to decrease the pheasant population!
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CRP,

part of the management is scheduled mowings/balings of CRP... Last year while Texas was shipping their cattle to the slaughter house, because they had no feed for them.. I was involved in burning 150 round bales as mandated by SCS..

What Im getting at, is that that cover is being mowed anyway, it just as well go into feed, instead of ashes.
 
CRP said:
Farmers have been disking corn in the Mitchell/Parkston area already. I took a trip through the Philip/Midland/Hays/Ft. Pierre area last week, and most of the corn will not get tall enough to even make silage. Weeks of 90-100 degree temps and no rain will wilt anything.

When the CRP is cut for "emergency" hay, not only will good cover be gone, the hawks will have a field day killing the chicks. What a great way to decrease the pheasant population!
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They will never let all of the crp be cut. 50% max that will concentrate them. Remember that is part of the reason land gets enrolled in CRP in the first place, so in a year like this there is some RESERVE.
 
Rain has been spotty at best. Thursday night friday morning Colome got about an inch but other areas got nothing. This morning it was 86 degrees at 7 AM and there must be a new grass fire because I can smell the smoke.
 
Wirehairs said:
Rain has been spotty at best. Thursday night friday morning Colome got about an inch but other areas got nothing. This morning it was 86 degrees at 7 AM and there must be a new grass fire because I can smell the smoke.
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Trade your smell of smoke for mine--I live 8 miles north of Pringle SD--they have a 10,000 acre plus forrest fire and yes we have smoke----LOTS OF IT :D
 
moellermd said:
The real danger is that with the end of direct payments, which people love to complain about, goes away any penalty for draining or tiling sloughs or wetlands. I predict the the tiling will continue and we all will be wishing for the days of direct payments again instead of using them as a tool to lam-bast producers.
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md Don't you think a historic drought would be a good time for farmers and policy makers to reconsider draining every wetland, slough, pot hole, and pond? Is it possible that removing every drop of H2O from the hydrology of the upper mid west was not the best idea?
 
SDJIM said:
Trade your smell of smoke for mine--I live 8 miles north of Pringle SD--they have a 10,000 acre plus forrest fire and yes we have smoke----LOTS OF IT :D
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I sure hope they are able to get that under control. I hope you and yours stay safe.
 
It was spotty to say the least---the big fire got from .2 to over and inch--I got .45 and just a mile away got squat--there was however a LOT of lighting.

I stood in my front yard for 20 minutes and counted over 100 cloud to ground lighting bolts between me and the backside of Harney peak--right in the heart of the bug kill area--so far today only a couple of new starts from all of that--there was some rain so tomrrow when it drys up a little more things could be different.:(
 
Just talked to one of my renters and they are going to cut the corn on my land. Bummer for both of us:(
 
Dakotazeb said:
I agree. :thumbsup: Certainly not a good year for the farmers but they have had quite a few years with above average yields and great commodity prices. Tough to feel too sorry for them if they have a down year. Besides, with crop insurance and federal subsidies they should be fine. Thank you Mr. Taxpayer! :)
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My sentiments exactly. Those in Hyde and Hand county who paid 30-50% premium for land last year do not deserve to be bailed out in any fashion.
 
I was down there a couple of weeks ago and row crops looked ok but stressed--beans were ok but needed some rain---it's been HOT and DRY and appears it's going to be the same for awhile. I know that one guy cuts silage on about 120 acres yearly for others in the area and already has over 600 acres on request and that was 2 weeks ago (this is about 6 miles NW of Lake Andes)--We need rain down there bad. :(
 
Yowser. 107 for a high there Sat and 102 yesterday. the old foodplots might even be taking it in the chin this year. I'll try and get some pics.

I suspect the sloughs that did have some water in them mid june are drying up pretty quick.
 
moellermd said:
Might be a great time to get the tile plow in there.
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This will adjust the wall streeters thinking on farmland value. If its not a pig in a poke, they find some other avenue for short term profit. Now we grinding corn to silage, if it does not rain, the wind will raise havock across the tree sawed hedgerows, and vacant plains of dirt. Only man is creating his own disasters. Maybe instead of a tile plow, this would be a time to retire a lot of acres to set aside programs. this how the thirties started, we in my neck, in Kansas City, we are 5 " or so under in rainfall, have seen a shower in weeks, it's 100 degrees for 3 weeks, my yard looks like burned up short grass hay, just the dogs trampling make it dust, and the trees about 20' tall have lost their leaves to dormancy, and or are dead. Waiting for the fire. I can believe the 4th of July idiots didn't get us already. The landowners are worse off, record flood last year, no rain this year, year before last, to cold for corn to tassle right, we had sild streaming down on not exsiting ears. Alot of good producers will not survive this, and the risk takers are going to fail, unless the have a bank to keep them alive. Then they'll give up so much profit, it will be 5 years to get even, assuming conditions are normal. How does that 300.00 an acre cash rent on 7500.00 purchase price per acre ground look now. Looks like chinese overtime, the more you work, you get less for hour of labor.
 
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