Thursday, September 27, 2012

Harvest Time


Corn harvest is well underway in Dorchester and most of Seward and Saline Counties. 

Around 40% of the crop has been brought in from the fields in Nebraska — three times more than by this date in the previous five years because of early planting, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported.

Due to the ongoing drought, more than 40% of Nebraska's corn crop and 50% of soybeans are rated poor or very poor. 

And ours is the fortunate state, blessed by ample irrigation resources.  Conditions are much worse elsewhere in the Corn Belt.

This is one of the reasons experts predict considerable food inflation in coming months.

This photo was taken by the Farmers Cooperative and was e-mailed to us by a loyal reader.

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