Dry crops, pasture, and ponds in northeastern Oklahoma
9/26/2022 2:35:10 PM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Rogers County, OK
Tulsa County, OK
Washington County, OK
Start Date: 6/12/2022
- End Date: 9/23/2022
Extreme drought in northeastern Oklahoma has devastated crops and pastures and dried up ponds. One rancher described how conditions have forced him to move his cattle as Bermuda grass and ponds were dry. He plans to move his cattle to another pasture with a deeper pond in ten days. Water quality has also been an issue. One pond turned green.
Another livestock producer in Vera had to sell about 150 head of cattle and lost his 130-acre soybean crop. Ponds for cattle were low and may not have enough water to get through the winter. Soil moisture is low to nonexistent for planting winter wheat.
FOX 23 News (Tulsa, Okla.), Sept 23, 2022
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