A Central Nebraska farmer says overly dry and hot conditions have made it difficult to irrigate recently.
Greg Greving grows corn and soybeans near Chapman. “Last week we were having a little trouble keeping up with the pivots, but we’ve had a couple of little showers out here have helped – .20, .30.”
The latest crop progress report from the USDA says topsoil moisture across Nebraska is 49 percent adequate with no surplus and subsoil moisture is 43 percent adequate also with no surplus.


