Nebraska drought monitor map released 6/7/18.  18.1% of State is abnormally dry (yellow) with 5.4% of the State as moderate drought (tan).

Corn is at V7 in this field.  The third foot sensor started reading strangely-very wet.  The third foot profile is dry but sensor not showing it-thus the total soil moisture is not reflected as dry in this graph as it truly is.  This location received 1.33 last week.

I had re-installed the 2 foot sensor in this field and it is showing how dry the second foot has quickly become.  The same is seen across the road in the soybean stubble.  0.88″ was received at this location in the past week.  Soybeans in this field were at V1 on 6/7/18.  This farm family mentioned that first alfalfa cutting was 1/2 of normal this year.

Corn in this field was at V5 on 6/7/18.  The soil profile in the top foot is drier compared to in the corn stubble across the road-which has been typical all year.  Total soil moisture depletion in this field right now is around 50% for top three feet.

This location was blessed with some rain!  1.35″ was received 6/2/18 and another 0.50″ the morning of 6/7/18.  The top two feet truly are muddy in this field when probing the soil but moisture runs out about 2.5 feet down into the profile.  Corn was at V5 at this location on 6/7/18.