The drought in Nebraska

[Wesley]

It's pretty terrible here and I'm sure Iowa as well.
I don't have a sprinkler system and knew there would be no way I could keep up with watering so I just let my yard go dormant. The only green is weeds so I am not even bothering with Weed-b-Gone. Just using Roundup. I figure I might as well try to kill the darn things for good.

I haven't been out and about anywhere but hate to think of what the crops are going to look like if this doesn't change soon.

Next month you will wish you had the weeds. I heard we are only halfway through the dry spell today.

[CyForPresident]

Eastern Iowa is a garden right now compared to some other areas. I know Wisconsin is pretty bad and so are parts of Illinois. We'll pull a decent crop right now, but its got to keep raining. Our corn could easily turn into Nebraska corn by August.

The corn is certainly shorter this year than in past years. Walking through hybrid corn feels like walking through inbred corn at times.

[bugs4cy]

Nebraska farms ordered to halt irrigation from Reuters.

Also, this piece from Iowa was on last night's 5:30 NBC newscast.

[swarthmoreCY]

It is as bad as I can remember (fwiw, does not mean much) in north central Iowa.

[TykeClone]

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[CyForPresident]

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That is ******* amazing. I knew south of Madison was fubar, but that is just unreal.

$10 corn here we come!

[cowgirl836]

Drove about 20 miles south of Madison over the weekend, the corn is absolute ****. Just awful.
It's actually pouring here right now - I wish it'd slow down or it's just going to run off.

Of course, my parents are 10 miles across the IL border and they can freaking see the lightning but it's going right on by. Our corn is about 3-4 weeks behind everyone else (organic, so we plant later to lower the cross-pollination) but if we don't get rain in the next week, there won't be anything there.

At least they got a nice crop of oats, I guess.

ETA: the news just showed flash flooding on East Wash (main road to downtown Madison). Just crazy.
2nd ETA: now there are four people trapped in cars in high water. This is insane. It's been raining for less than 40 minutes.

[isuno1fan]

There's never any water in Nebraska so you aren't missing much

[Acylum]

Next month you will wish you had the weeds. I heard we are only halfway through the dry spell today.

Long term forecast I heard for Iowa is for less than 2" rain for the period Aug thru Sept.

[ISpyCy]

The Loop is one of the major feeders of the Platte. Fortunatley we have not had any trouble with our well. It is in the Platte bottom ground.

At least the Loup Power Canals are still looking alright. Is Lake McConaghy still able to pump sufficient electricity through the dam?

[InCytful]

There's never any water in Nebraska so you aren't missing much

We got all our allotment for the decade last year, courtesy the Army Corps of Engineers.

[kingcy]

Drove through NE Nebraska and corn is dying. Out west some center pivots are pumping air. Bad deal.

Drive through parts of Iowa the corn is dying here also.

[kingcy]

Next month you will wish you had the weeds. I heard we are only halfway through the dry spell today.

We are a year into this dry spell. You are saying we have a year to go?

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

Next month you will wish you had the weeds. I heard we are only halfway through the dry spell today.

I am looking at the bright side. I haven't mowed in almost 3 weeks and I don't see the need in the foreseeable future.

[BigBake]

We are a year into this dry spell. You are saying we have a year to go?

Good point...the drought didn't really start in June. We were fairly dry all winter too with not much snow.