Dickinson Moisture

What a difference a year can make Ag Reporter andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t sarah-gustinandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt Sarah Gustinandamp lt aandamp gt takes us to andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t dickinson-ndandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt Dickinsonandamp lt aandamp gt to see what a little rain can do Many Dickinson farmers will remember 2008 as one of the driest Gene Zent Dickinson Farmer andamp quot BUT IT JUST CONTINUED DRY AND THEN IT GOT HOT AND EVERY RAIN THAT WE DID GET CAME WITH HAIL SO WHAT WE DID HAVE COME TO MATURITY WAS BEAT OUT BY HAIL PRETTY BAD I THINK WE ONLY COMBINED ABOUT HALF OF OUR FARM LAST YEAR AND OF THAT HALF WE ONLY GOT ABOUT HALF OF OUR NORMAL YIELD THE HAY CROP WAS NEXT TO NOTHING I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT THAT BAD andamp quot Even our record setting snowfall isn t enough to completely keep the dry fear away Kurt Froelich County Agent andamp quot BEFORE THIS RAIN THIS PAST WEEKEND OVER andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t memorial-dayandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt Memorial Dayandamp lt aandamp gt THEY WERE STARTING TO GET INTO SOME DRY COUNTRY AND THEY WERE GETTING NERVOUS AGAIN GO FROM AN EXTREME WET SITUATION AND WITHOUT THE RAIN A POTENTIAL DRY SITUATION AGAIN andamp quot Last year this alfalfa field made a mere 35 bales This year Zent has a little higher hopes He says they are about 3 weeks behind last year s planting datebecause it was too wet which is a nice problem to have Gene Zent Dickinson Farmer andamp quot EVERYTHING IS COMING UP REAL NICE WITH THE MOISTURE THAT WE HAVE HAD THIS LAST SHOWER IS GOING TO BRING THE EMERGENCE UP NICE AND EVEN SO THAT IS GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL andamp quot 3 4 of his crop is already out of the ground and he only has a day of seeding to go Gene Zent Dickinson Farmer andamp quot WE ARE ALREADY IN THE TWO TO THREE LEAF STAGE ON OUR FIRST andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t wheatandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt wheatandamp lt aandamp gt SO IT WON T BE TOO LONG IN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO WE WILL BE STARTING TO THINK REAL HARD ABOUT SPRAYING andamp quot Kurt Froelich County Agent andamp quot The outlook is 100-150 percent better than a year ago at this point in time andamp quot Zent plans on scouting fields for weeds as soon as he finishes planting South of Dickinson for KX News I am Sarah Gustin andamp quot Froelich says between 90 and 95 percent of the crop in the county is in the ground He says there is only a few small grains andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t cornandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt Cornandamp lt aandamp gt and sunflowers left to plant