Crops in Daniels, Valley counties in Montana affected by drought
6/22/2017 4:54:54 PM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
AFFECTED AREAS:
Daniels County, MT
Valley County, MT
Start Date: 1/1/2017
- End Date: 6/20/2017
Yesterday I was looking at the crops of ours and other people’s crops and I went from Rangeline Road in Daniels County over as far west as Glentana (in Valley County) and the crops are as bad as any I saw in the eighties. There are huge areas in fields that have not come up yet and these crops have been in the ground for 6 to 8 weeks. The lentils of ours came up good because they were planted early, but they have flowered and are less than 2’' tall and just not growing. We haven’t had a measurable rain since the snow melted. I doubt that anywhere in both counties has had a tenth of an inch of rain. Our mustard has come up in places but hasn’t done anything; they also are blooming and are very short with large places that haven’t emerged. I have notified our companies we have contracts with Acts of God that we will have little or no production for them. I believe if it were to rain today it is too late for most of the crops in our area. It is just too dry.
From Valley County, Montana, on June 20, 2017
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Crops in Daniels, Valley counties in Montana affected by drought.
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
