Bone Dry and Desperate for Moisture

Our co-host David Woodruff has Brandon Roland from Hemingford, Nebraska on today’s interview. Let’s listen in.

So what’s going on down there?

“We’re dry Dave. We are bone dry. We missed all the fires. The Morill fire, we’ve been on the outside of it. But we got a little bit of a shower yesterday, and I don’t think there was three, four drops out of it. Last week, Dave, we got a tenth of an inch on there. And I think by the time it came on the ground, it was done afterwards. We just desperately need rain. And when I’ve been talking to the other guys up North, down South, we’re all kind of in the same boat. We don’t get moisture. I don’t know what we’re going to do, especially right now, dryland farming. We desperately need moisture.”

So is there much irrigation in your area?

“There’s a lot of irrigation, but the price of everything, guys are worried. You can’t afford to put it in. And then the price of the fuel or electricity costs. Yeah, you’re going to be spending a lot of money there. During the winter as well, Dave, I’m a potato inspector, potato certification of Nebraska. And we’ve graded out a lot of potatoes, but there’s not a market for them anymore.”

That was Brandon Roland from Hemingford, Nebraska with our co-host, David Woodruff.