NEWS FLASH: Drought ends at Ponderosa

In my recent travels around the area counties, I continue to see the most beautiful milo fields I have ever seen and next to those fields are prepared fields ready for winter wheat to go in toward the end of September or early October. What I also see is lots of ponding water in those soon to be wheat field and occasionally ponds of water in the milo fields. At this time of the year the fields dry out slower and there may be some harvest delays. For years farmers have turned their tires around on the their combines so they have traction to back out of a wet spot in the field. I remember a wet fall/winter, maybe in the late 50's or early 60's when the farmers couldn't get in the field to cut the milo. At the Ponderosa, cutting waited for hard frozen ground, sometimes even with snow drifts in the field. It was a slow and prolonged harvest finally ending in March. It will be interesting to see how this year's milo harvest will go. The milo certainly will be ready, but there may be harvest delays.
There is not a lot of sunflowers and cotton in the area, but the fields I have seen of them look really good also.
An unusual year for sure.
 
Interesting.
I see Salina is negative, but all the milo I have seen in Saline County looks great. I have only seen one poor milo field and it was in Ellsworth County, but it wasn't a moisture issue as other fields in the area were perfect.
 

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