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Drought continues to stress Nebraska crops
Drought conditions continue to take a toll on Nebraska crops.
USDA statistician Nicholas Streff says topsoil moisture is 46% very short and 35% short with only 19% of the cropland having adequate moisture.
Only 29% of Nebraska’s corn is in good condition, with 27% in fair condition, and 34% in poor or very poor condition. Eighty-nine percent of the corn is in the dough stage with 59% dented.
Thirty-four percent of the state’s soybeans are in good condition with 29% rated fair, and 28% of the beans in either poor or very poor condition.
Sixty percent of the sorghum crop is in poor or very poor condition, with 85% of the crop headed and 33% coloring.
Eighty-six percent of the dry edible beans are setting pods, but only 55% of the crop is in good condition with34% in fair condition.
Pastures and ranges remain in rough shape with 26% of them rated poor and 52% very poor.
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