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Drought and Survival
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mississippi
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It is dry real bad here in Ms. My 17 sawtooth oaks never made a single acorn. This has never happened in 15 years since i planted them.
We been trying to kill wild hogs on the place and they wont even come to the corn., no deer in sight this fall at all.
Oh well i can practice shooting and fishing, if i can find some water. suppose to get a little rain today ????
We been trying to kill wild hogs on the place and they wont even come to the corn., no deer in sight this fall at all.
Oh well i can practice shooting and fishing, if i can find some water. suppose to get a little rain today ????
MarkDarvin
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KSQ2
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We got 2”, everyone in the general area reported 1-2”. The popular, local weather guru is predicting 7-10” this weekend, if he’s right, that would be the biggest rain since May of 21. We’ll see what happens. I’d gladly give up a few days of hunting to see my in-law’s ponds get filled back up.
mississippi
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We got about a 1" here , supose to get more tonight late. Our ponds are down about a foot or two in most places.
A ton of leaves came off the trees though.
A ton of leaves came off the trees though.
mississippi
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Yea we got about a 1" yesterday here in miss
TX-Aggie
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Our place near Branson received around 2" last thursday, not sure what the total was over the weekend, but looks to be solid. So glad my father and I got my uncle to come around and spread some winter rye grain out last wednesday. I wish they would have spread more as our plots from labor day were just about dusted. however, I will take whatever they did and pray next year is not another weird drought.
My little area of southern Ohio had me reach out to Whitetail Institute about their cactus and tumbleweed blend; Cac Rack....
Being an out of state land owner and seeing the last two years being bad (with ' 24 being a 150yr drought) .....it makes a fella wanna give up. Trees, water holes, plots, etc...... I have struggled hard with this place and do believe things would be way better with appropriate rain fall
Being an out of state land owner and seeing the last two years being bad (with ' 24 being a 150yr drought) .....it makes a fella wanna give up. Trees, water holes, plots, etc...... I have struggled hard with this place and do believe things would be way better with appropriate rain fall
KSQ2
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The rain here in SE Kansas continues to fall. It seems to have been just enough rain each time to fill the creeks, but not put them over their banks. In other words, it has been perfect. The food plots are jungles of food. Even if the faucet shuts off again in a few weeks, or days, we're in so much better of a place than we've been in a long time -- we've had pretty good moisture since November. I will say, the farmers aren't complaining, they've been waiting on this rain, but the wheat is beginning to get hurt some by the excess moisture.
Kurt
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That is great news. Finally a year where all the wildlife is catching a break hopefully too. Should be great nesting cover.
Hays is back to almost normal moisture now for last 6 months as well. Had .3" earlier this week on the farm and calling for up to 1" tonight. Truly amazing what normal moisture does. Can't wait to go check on the baby oaks. I think the wheat in my area is looking really good. Not a farmer but my local contact seems very pleased.
Hays is back to almost normal moisture now for last 6 months as well. Had .3" earlier this week on the farm and calling for up to 1" tonight. Truly amazing what normal moisture does. Can't wait to go check on the baby oaks. I think the wheat in my area is looking really good. Not a farmer but my local contact seems very pleased.
M. R. Byrd
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Here at the Ponderosa, we are blessed with awesome moisture. Most has come in the past three weeks, after a slow start and no snow during the winter. My annual rainfall here is a mere 17.50", but I am sitting at 12.20" YTD. The pastures are green. In this area the faucet could shut off without warning and take forever to turn back on, but I am thankful and blessed. Praise the Lord for the blessing and bless all the critters.
Kurt
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Bit more rain fell today. Total of 4" in last 5 days. Its been relatively steady this summer for the first time in 3 years. Good timing as the oak seedlings are still doing well. Year one may be successful with minimal handwatering on my part. Crops in area looking great too. Thankful here.
Drycreek
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We had a little rain here today also, and just like your area, we have had quite a lot for late June and early July. Unusual for us.
M. R. Byrd
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Thought I would update this post. There have been continued rains and this country is an unusual shade for August. My YTD total today is 22.10" after the last 2.35" downpour on August 11th. My CRP in places is approaching eight foot tall with most thigh high. I got my food plots planted a month later than last year, so have a lot of weeds in them and they aren't as tall, but they are great. All but a very few milo fields in the region are headed and one field of short maturity was starting to get some color. The dryland corn look fantastic.
A friend asked me to check his pasture for him while he is out of town, so a made the trip to do that. Normally, in August, his pasture would be dry and brown, but not this year. That draw is a dry drainage that does not have water, but he had a good rain also and it was running some. In the foreground is Snow on the Mountain. His pasture has lots of it in bloom and lots of common milkweed. I did kick up one quail pair while there.
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KSQ2
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An incredible year for sure!
Mennoniteman
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That's a nice picture of KS country, looks exactly like the artists drawings of how the prairie looked with the old time wagon trains rolling through
Mennoniteman
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In my observation Texas is like the Holy Lands, good soils and it is an area that gets totally transformed if there's rainfall. We had one of the wettest years in recent history, but late July/early August here just gave us a reminder that summer can be dry, we just had a 3 week drought broken today, a solid inch to get fall plots started.I cannot remember a year that we had this much rain in August. Everything is green. Even my food plots, except that the deer ate them down and then the weeds took over, but I got green, healthy weeds !
