well, we had another round with mother nature....in the past 2 days over 10 inches of rain has fallen, a round of hail that wiped out another HUGE chunk of crops. lots of corn that is flat gone! plenty of fence work to be done too. ran forcast for the next few nights too!! I am just about ready to pick up my toys and go home! it is taking the fun out of it pretty fast....
rain rain go away
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Sure sorry to hear that, jigs. You've been through a lot this year.
I guess, try and keep your chin up, it's gotta get better.
Sure hard to look at demolished crop and hay ground, tho.
I guess, try and keep your chin up, it's gotta get better.
Sure hard to look at demolished crop and hay ground, tho.
Trinity man
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Don't be a hog. :wink: Share some of that water and come get your round bales. I seen them blow by here right after we talked today. :lol:
per
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Jeepers Jigs, it goes from bad to worse. 
All I can offer is moral support and to let you know that we're pullin' for ya.
All I can offer is moral support and to let you know that we're pullin' for ya.garn
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just about all of the midwest has had our fair share of rain, it's getting quite old. Lots and lots of standing water out in the country all over the place. Just no place for the water to run off too.
What's crazy is that I read a story last week on Omaha.com (the website for the Omaha newspaper) and an Iowa climatologist wouldn't be surprised to see the summer end in a drought.
What's crazy is that I read a story last week on Omaha.com (the website for the Omaha newspaper) and an Iowa climatologist wouldn't be surprised to see the summer end in a drought.
gcreekrch
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Go west young man. You might purchase a wilderness retreat, bureaucrats thrown in free. :roll:
Seriously though, that's a tough roll of the dice to deal with. Your offer of a few days ago is extended back your way.
Seriously though, that's a tough roll of the dice to deal with. Your offer of a few days ago is extended back your way.
well one thing about it, we will see how good of a banker we have!!!
it is easy to get depressed and feel sorry for yourself, but all you need to do is look around and see that others have it worse off. wqe are healthy, and determined to see it through... gonna take a lot more to get me off the farm
it is easy to get depressed and feel sorry for yourself, but all you need to do is look around and see that others have it worse off. wqe are healthy, and determined to see it through... gonna take a lot more to get me off the farm
garn
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watching the local 10pm news and only 4 days this month has been dry here in Des Moines. Another 2-4 inches of rain possible tomorrow, this time to the north and that's not good with the Des Moines and Raccoon river's already out of their banks in town and to make matter's worse, low 90's with 7000% percent humidity tomorrow :roll:
jigs im here in ks too, were along the missouri river and we have bottoms ground , 2/3 of our oats have had water on em for 9 days as of today , we was hoping to have had em baled last week and our corn is under water too, we need to get in and work in the feedlot but the pens are to wet so we cant even get any equipment in the pens , im looking forword to some dry weather soon
Larrry
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jigs said:
Dang now around here three weeks without a rain is a durn good wet spell
Justin
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we got 1.2" Sunday evening and .7" last night, and another chance of some storms this afternoon. the rain we got was greatly needed.
so when the ground dies up and anyone needs to get ahold of me, call the hay field. :wink:
so when the ground dies up and anyone needs to get ahold of me, call the hay field. :wink:
Big Muddy rancher
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jigs said:
Um Jiggsy NO beer with a drought dance. It contributes to the available moisture for evaporation and could cause major flooding. :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol:
jigs,
know how you are feeling. lost half of our wheat crop this weekend and god knows how much of the corn and beans. Hard to believe that we didn't have a single field that wasn't affected by either hail or flooding.
speaking of drowning sorrows - we will be hosting the Kansas Hereford Tour on Aug 15th at our ranch. Their will be plenty of brewskis, on us of course, both Saturday night and after the tour stop on Sunday. Hope you can make it down.
Ryan
know how you are feeling. lost half of our wheat crop this weekend and god knows how much of the corn and beans. Hard to believe that we didn't have a single field that wasn't affected by either hail or flooding.
speaking of drowning sorrows - we will be hosting the Kansas Hereford Tour on Aug 15th at our ranch. Their will be plenty of brewskis, on us of course, both Saturday night and after the tour stop on Sunday. Hope you can make it down.
Ryan
gcreekrch
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Talked to Jigs tonight, they have had power for only a few minutes since his last post yesterday. It was raining there again.
Big Muddy rancher
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gcreekrch said:
I sure hope he's OK and that the weather straightens up. :?