A pair of farmers say the drought in the Central Plains could play a large role in early crop development stages
Brandon Hunnicutt grows corn and soybeans in Southern Nebraska near Gilter.“We’re drier than 2012 and it’s dry at our place and (the soil), when we get down a little bit we’ve got some moisture but we keep missing everything moisture wise.”
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor showed the drought got smaller but intensified with pockets of extreme dryness developing in Central Nebraska and Kansas.