At this point most of the wheat and other dryland grain has been harvested. There might be some spring wheat in low spots that have more moisture that isn"t quite ready. Bluegrass seed is done and I have been seeing lots of the huge bales of straw going somewhere on semis. We don"t have much irrigated acreage around here, but it looks like the irrigated alfalfa will be ready for a 3rd or 4th cutting in a week or two. The potato harvest will be underway soon.
In Eastern Washington, we are way below our usual precipitation for this time of year, maybe a third, but it doesn"t seem to have hurt the field crops. With the fairly mild Winter we had, the moisture we got sank into the soil rather than running off down the rivers. And we have had good rains several times when we really needed them. Even with only 2/3 of our usual moisture, I think it has been a good year for crops.
On the other hand, it is very dry now, even with a little rain we had overnight. This is the time of year we really have to worry about wildfires--all it takes is a spark or a lightning bolt and you have a fire. With a little wind, they move very rapidly and are hard to put out. Lots of the resources are away fighting the big fires in central Washington and in mid-Idaho. Hope we don"t have to have them here!
Usually about the 20th of September we get some decent rain, which helps the winter wheat germinate and get going. I sure hope we get some moisture before that, and not too much lightning. Living in near-desert conditions, you ALWAYS want more rain. Snow is less appreciated!
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