Recent rainfall impacting Kansas farmers

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – For a lot of Kansas farmers, this previous summer season has been a season to overlook. For the previous a number of weeks, triple-digit warmth has been the theme, however with latest rainfall hitting parts of our state, that is the way it’s impacting farmers.

“Properly, it’s impacted the farmers as a result of the grass is dried up and their fall crops dried up,” mentioned Jake Lewis, Pratt Livestock Basic Supervisor. “The rain remains to be useful as a result of we sit up for planting our fall crops.”

Lewis says that the rainfall advantages the autumn crops, which might imply getting off to an excellent begin on the farmer’s wheat crops; nonetheless, they want extra rain to fall.

Lewis says he hasn’t remembered a drought season like this since 2011. Lewis is anticipating extra cattle to be bought as a result of drought situations make no feed obtainable for the cattle. The animals can’t eat the grass as a result of it’s too dry.

Though the rain introduced some reduction, temperatures are anticipated to be close to triple digits in some areas in our state this upcoming week.

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