US: Lack of rainfall leaves Ohio crops feeling dry

Published Jul 29, 2024

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Ohio farmer and United Soybean Board chair Steve Reinhard reports that his crops are under stress due to a lack of recent rainfall, with the area entering moderate drought conditions. Despite this, he remains optimistic about a longer growing season. The USDA's latest crop progress and conditions report indicates that 66% of corn is rated good to excellent with 81% silking, and 63% of soybeans are rated good to excellent with 83% blooming. Additionally, the second cutting of alfalfa is 96% complete, the second hay cutting is 73% complete, oats are 97% headed, 85% mature, and 54% harvested. Topsoil moisture is 38% adequate to surplus, and subsoil moisture is 42% adequate to surplus.

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An Ohio farmer and United Soybean Board chair says his crops are feeling the pressure from the lack of recent rainfall. Steve Reinhard says his area is dry. “We’re a little bit on the dry side, just getting into that moderate drought territory, but the weather man said some rainfall and that should help us to mitigate that,” he says. According to the latest crop progress and conditions report from the USDA, corn is rated 66 percent good to excellent with 81 percent silking. Soybeans are rated 63 percent good to excellent, with 83 percent blooming. He tells Brownfield he’s hopeful for a longer growing season. “We’re probably approaching 3 weeks behind on some of the corn we planted all of our soybeans early trying to get a head start on that maturity and pod development flowering and then planted the corn 2nd,” he says. The ...

Source: Brownfield Ag