Western Kansas farmer says fields are like a “desert,” with concerns that it won’t improve


Western Kansas farmer says fields are like a “desert,” with concerns that it won’t improve

A Western Kansas farmer says a dire situation continues in his region as a crippling drought enters its third year.

“It’s like a desert.”

Gary Millershaski tells Brownfield he’s received 5-and-half inches of precipitation in 14 months, including a recent snowstorm. “We’re sitting on a time bomb that trust me, I love the moisture, but .40 to .60 hundredths of moisture melted in a gauge won’t even soak up.”

He says there hasn’t been any soil recharge and all of the CRP has been grazed for emergency relief, but that’s not his biggest concern.

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