Ag conditions have gotten crispy over the last 2 weeks since our most recent widespread rainfall August 22.
On KVOE’s Morning Show on Wednesday, Lyon County Extension Ag Agent Brian Rees said stockponds are getting more shallow over the last 2 weeks.
Rees says the hot and dry weather has an impact on grass quality for foraging cattle.
Rees says ranchers will need to monitor their ponds over the next several days because cattle tend to wander, possibly to find the freshest grass, and may get themselves in muddy conditions.
Much like pasture conditions, crops are drying out in a hurry with our recent blast of heat and relatively low humidity.
Lyon County Extension Ag Agent Brian Rees says beans are struggling at this time.
Rees says the current conditions are a sharp reversal from most of the summer.
Having said that, Rees says things could have been a lot worse if the hot, dry conditions hit the area in July.
The latest report from the US Drought Monitor shows developing drought south of Emporia. Abnormally dry conditions have returned to southern Lyon County for the first time in months, with more abnormally dry areas in southern Chase, most of Coffey and the northwest half of Greenwood counties. Moderate drought has returned to far south Coffey and the southeast half of Greenwood counties.
