Facing the drought in the Midwest
 

This Summer has been brutal and has really put a damper on food plotting and habitat work. I've waited longer than I would have liked to plant food plots this year and the crops on the farm are horrible at best. They'll probably be harvested in the next few days. Even if there were many ears on the stalks, it'll probably all be tilled under by the time the season starts. This late in the game I'll have to plant cereal grains and hopefully the rains headed this way will help things at the farm. Here is a video put out by The Management Advantage that talks about the effects of the drought and how to deal with it. http://themanagementadvantage.com/ho...er-management/

I am in the same boat here in north Arkansas. In mid-May I planted 5 acres of soy beans and they didnt do worth a hoot. I gonna risk planting my rape and turnip greens this Thursday hoping that the hurricane sends us some much needed rain like it is supposed to. The only reason I am able to plant this is because I already have the ground worked up, my two other hunting spots the ground is so hard its got to rain before i can even work them up. I still have plenty of time if we can just get some rain.

Same problem in Ohio we started running corn this week and we are down 50 % over last years yield haven't even started on food plots

It is (almost) never too late for cereal grains, especially rye.

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Exactly, i plant oat plots until December.

I spread some brassicas two weeks ago and caught a 1.5 inch rain right after. Haven't had a drop since. Went and looked today and it looks pretty good. I spread it into dead weeds that have helped hold the moisture. Spread my cereal grain plots today before Isaac gets here. Should be nice and green shortly, just hope this rain breaks the drought and we start getting frequent showers.