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What’s the moisture looking like for South Dakota the next few months?

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Gary, are you also thinking about doing a report for the western Corn Belt like Nebraska and Iowa? Especially, since farmers are finally getting into the fields and this LRC has been very tough on Nebraska. Severe to extreme drought is in place for a good chuck of Nebraska and it's only late April! Plus record low snowfall this winter!

I've been wondering if Nebraska is what North Dakota was in 2021? However, the beginning of cycle #1 in October dropped impressive rain totals for the eastern half of Nebraska into Iowa and we had the most tornadic day of 2021 on December 15th for Nebraska, if you recall. North Dakota did not have the wet October in 2020. So as eastern Nebraskan, I'm a bit perplexed... Is this year a wash (or should I say big drought) or is there hope with seasonal change or is the drought sort of going to be benign and confined to central & western NE. Just curious to what your thoughts are since this is a big corn and cattle producing area!

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