What has the drought we are having taught you?

[longbow]

2-200 gpm depending on the depth of my well. I know it is at least 240 feet deep and the guy that did my well thinks it is 300 feet.

 

[longbow]

Farmer X let his cattle eat the drought damaged corn plants. He should have known better. All the cattle that ate the corn are now dead. The plants have too much nitrogen in them and it is toxic to the cows.

I think he lost 26 head.

 

[WC Deer Hunter]

Farmer X let his cattle eat the drought damaged corn plants. He should have known better. All the cattle that ate the corn are now dead. The plants have too much nitrogen in them and it is toxic to the cows.

I think he lost 26 head.

OUCH!

 

[themadmedic]

The upside to the drought...as water levels continue to recede it will make it easier to seek out the bounty from the various "boating accidents"...

 

[dukeboy_318]

Farmer X let his cattle eat the drought damaged corn plants. He should have known better. All the cattle that ate the corn are now dead. The plants have too much nitrogen in them and it is toxic to the cows.

I think he lost 26 head.

Yeah, what an idiot. We planted late due to equipment problems, some our corn isn't doing too bad, luckily, but a couple fields aren't worth the seed it was planted with. Alot of guys down here are simply disc-ing the corn under or mowing it off. For you guys that have been monitoring food prices, I'd expect to see a 15-20% jump as most of the corn belt has taken a beating.

 

[Lex Concord]

Water bill? What is that? I just keep a small fund to replace the pump.....

And when there is no one selling pumps

 

[Clay]

For future reference for those who may be building/relocating.

DNR: Ground-Water Availability

I'm in the 400-600 gpm area.

excellent! thanks!

 

[tooleman]

Rain barrels do not hold water as long as one would think. I have 6 55 gallon barrels, 1 100 tank and 1 200 gallon tank. They are set up to collect rain water from the barn roof and they have been dry for weeks. I use them to water my 7000sqft garden. Luckily we had a new well put in this spring and are using the old one to water the garden. I do worry that I will pump the old shallow well dry before the summer is over.

 

[churchmouse]

This is just a drought. What if this was part of the real deal. We are city folks and no well available. If the system was shut down for any length of time........Hhhhmmmmmm

 

[jeremy]

Yeah, what an idiot. We planted late due to equipment problems, some our corn isn't doing too bad, luckily, but a couple fields aren't worth the seed it was planted with. Alot of guys down here are simply disc-ing the corn under or mowing it off. For you guys that have been monitoring food prices, I'd expect to see a 15-20% jump as most of the corn belt has taken a beating.

Not just Food prices, but the prices of everything. Corn is used in a LOT of Products...

 

[LeeStreet]

What I've learned so far is don't pour melted ice from your ice chest down the drain, use it on your garden or grass. Also pee outside when ever possible, but not in the same place, it will kill what ever you are peeing on.

 

[hornadylnl]

I got an 1 3/4" yesterday.

 

[Kmcinnes]

What worries me is that my willow tree is starting to drop leaves and willows are deep rooted and seek water from quite a ways. We are on a well which we have not had any issues with yet. Wells are about 100 ft deep so we hope the table is still strong down there!

 

[jeremy]

We got .2" yesterday...

Some, It helps, but we need more in a bad way. This season is already lost. but there is next year to think of...

 

[RockofStrength]

I've learned to watch the indicators for severity of drought. First the lawn grass died, then the clover and less hardy weeds, then the general wild grass, then bushes and scrub, and finally even my poor trees are starting to droop.

 

[Tink]

Aside from the weatherman always being wrong? We just stocked up on more water, basically gave up on a green lawn and the garden. Water bill was gettin kinda high.

 

[RockofStrength]

Aside from the weatherman always being wrong? We just stocked up on more water, basically gave up on a green lawn and the garden. Water bill was gettin kinda high.

Really? The fellow on FOX59 has basically been saying "You might get some rain, but don't prepare for it and it isn't going to be enough to matter anyway so you're still in a drought." I think he's just getting sick of seeing nothing but..well, nothing on the radar

 

[dudley0]

I have learned where a lot of the good fishing spots will be in my pond, once we start getting rain.