Needing rain bad. How bout you?

[300UGUY]

Not as hot as it was, but really dry. I mowed the weeds today, it took me 2 hours. Basically a 2 hour dust bath.

 

[Mud Mechanik]

South Mississippi is finally getting a little relief, we were forcasted rain for the last 2 weeks so I put out 200# of ammonia per acre of grass for hay. It has sit in the parched fields for 2 weeks without so much as a cloud overhead, we just got about 2 inches yesterday afternoon and I am hoping the grass survives, I'm already feeding hay due to stressed out pastures.

 

[Lady Tonka]

Looking pretty gnarly...

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That map is pretty astounding. And I'm still blown away by seeing both Alaska and Hawaii on the latest Drought Monitor map:

US Drought Monitor

Parts of eastern Washington have both seasonal and long-term drought but certainly not to the extent of what so many of you are dealing with.

 

[johnk]

Hopefully there may be some rain coming this weekend to the Northeast. Food prices are going to be skyrocketing..

 

[tcartwri]

Hopefully there may be some rain coming this weekend to the Northeast. Food prices are going to be skyrocketing..

Too late for the corn. It's ruined. Brush and Forest fires are becoming a real threat now. Pretty crazy.

 

[300UGUY]

Talked to a neighbor farmer at lunch. They are figuring on a 10% yield loss right now. If it doesn't rain here pretty soon, it will get a lot worse. One other thing, if the state average is only 130 bpa, with the price of inputs so high, the break even point might be 100+ bpa, even at $7 per bushel.

 

[sixdogs]

Too late for the corn. It's ruined. Brush and Forest fires are becoming a real threat now. Pretty crazy.

I have heard of corn field fires from prior dry years around here in Ohio.
We left northern New England but wait until a severe drought combines with all the environmentalist issues that restricted clear cutting but left lots of potential fuel.Get a strong wind blowing the wrong way and a forest fire in Jackman will burn all the way to the ocean in Bar Harbor.

 

[magicheater]

Corn looking pretty bad here except for those with irrigation and even then looking less than optimal. It's dry down to 5' and then some, just used the backhoe, I know. Any rain now just keeps the dust down for a few hours. Garden surviving because of frequent watering. An abnormal year for sure or maybe a precursor of things to come. On a positive note, Garlic harvest showed above average bulb size compared to earlier years, go figure.....

 

[rsewill]

Dry in our part of central MN. The corn is curling after it had a great start. Rain did fall to the north and east.

 

[texasjohn]

Last year 80+ days over 100, All stock tanks bone dry for over a year, one runoff rain this year so far, stock tanks at about 50% and falling. A few showers, very spotty, and for me not a drought breaker yet...still well below typical rain fall for the year. I'm predicting continued drought. But, don't anyone dare go reading the global warming thread....none of this is true and soon we'll be in an ice age,or something...don't get me started