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Dry fall delaying wheat planting in Washington County, Colorado
10/5/2015 11:49:16 AM



CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
AFFECTED AREAS:
Washington County, CO

Start Date: 7/1/2015 - End Date: 9/28/2015
Norman winter wheat planting time is September 10th as a beginning time. This fall some farmers have not even started to plant wheat as there is not surface moisture to get it up. Some of our fields have deeper moister but a "hard pan" of hard, dry soil and we are dusting in the wheat. That is, planting very shallow, just covering up the seeds and hoping for a good rain to sprout the seed. Some of our drills won't go in the ground without breaking off the shank or point of the drill. Wheat drilling is far behind normal years. Washington County, Colorado is for the most part very dry, no monsoon moisture came our way in July or August. Hard to say a dollar amount since the crop is not harvested until next July, 2016. Report from CoCoRaHS Report from Station #Anton 5.8 SE on 9/28/2015
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