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Nebraska farmer almost ‘off to the races’ with planting

A south-central Nebraska farmer says it’s still too early to start planting.

Blake Dunaway grows corn and soybeans near Orleans and says he won’t start planting until next week.

“We are getting prepared,” Dunaway said. “We have a little bit of strip tilling left to do, get our pre-sprayed and that should be about it; wait for the ground to warm up to [temperature] and we’ll be off to the races.”

He tells Brownfield even though the soil temperature is in the upper 30s and still too cold, Mother Nature has cooperated in other ways.

“We’re in a good place moisture wise, full profile,” Dunaway said. “We had 35 inches of snow in February and eight inches of rain in March, so. We were in severe drought before that.”

Dunaway said he’s itching to get in the field but added he’d rather plant once, not twice.

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