date:Feb 28, 2013
said.
Mr. Lerner said 2 to 4 inches of precipitation during cool weather, thus limiting evaporation, would probably be enough to create viable soil moisture in Colorado, Western Nebraska and far west Kansas. Less would be required in areas such as eastern Kansas, he said. He argued that crops can perform well even if growing areas remain in some level of drought, which he expects will occur.
I fully expect the (hard red winter) wheat crop to do well even though hydrologic drought will likely p