Thursday 22nd January 2026

A South-Central Nebraska farmer says he’s wrapped up planting after being delayed by severe drought and then rain.

Andy Jobman of Gothenburg tells Brownfield “It was a pretty unusual planting season from the starting point, we were extremely dry.  It was probably one of, if not, one of the driest springs that anybody’s seen in our area.”

 He says irrigated many fields to help recharge the soil. “A lot of the strip till dried down 4 to 5 inches so that was going to make planting really difficult. 

   

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