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Livestock water short, fall pasture growth curtailed in Washington County, Missouri
11/15/2017 7:14:29 PM



CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Washington County, MO

Start Date: 11/14/2017 -  
There are a lot of ponds drying up making livestock water a concern. Fall growth of pasture has been curtailed and a lot of people are starting to feed hay early. The good thing is that there is quite a bit of hay in the area. Another issue is the failure of a lot of fall sown crops to germinate or at least to do so in a timely manner. A lot of the annuals such as oats, turnips, etc. have not produced well. Also fall seeded perennials in some cases germinated then died or didn’t germinate until mid to late October, leaving them pretty immature going into the winter. It was drier than this in 2012 but that was earlier in the year. We had some fall rain that year. This may be the driest fall I’ve seen. We had almost no rain September – maybe a tenth or two. From Washington County, Missouri on Nov. 14, 2017
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