Mother Nature brought some relief from drought conditions in parts of the Western Corn Belt, but some farmers say there’s still a long way to go.
“That 1.60 soaked in pretty fast. There are still cracks in the ground I’ve seen.”
Northeast Nebraska farmer and cattle producer Joan Ruskamp says the area received its first significant rain since July on Saturday morning. “We’ve been irrigating nonstop here at home where we have two pivots and a traveling gun and a well.
