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<blockquote data-quote="1982vett" data-source="post: 607769" data-attributes="member: 7795"><p>I live in an area that normal rainfall is 32-34 inches a year. So far my total for the year is 15.8 inches. Bryan/College Station 20 miles to the east with 36-37 inch average is at at about 31 inches for the year. The farther west you go the drier it gets. The winds have been 10 - 15 mph higher lately which have let a few grass fires run a bit but the county commissioners have not yet imposed a burning ban. The dry areas really don't have much to burn and the rest aren't that dry. Yesterdays 30 degree weather might change that now since anything that was still green probably won't be now.</p><p></p><p>I had my oat ground ready when Ike gave us 1 6/10ths inches of rain. Got it planted September 20th then went 3 weeks with high winds, hot temperatures and no rain. About 1/3 came up, 1/3 germinated and died and the last 1/3 came up when we finally got another 1 1/2 inches over the second week of October. Since then we have had 9/10ths of an inch. Had a small amount of armyworm damage but not much (don't think we had enough green for them to survive). Folks that got a little more rain and had greening pastures had more damage. I have about 15 out of 50 acres that can stand a little grazing. It was in better shape for planting and more of it came up early. That which came up later is struggling for moisture and is dieing. Their is some oats along the Brazos River that looks pretty good. They have been getting some moisture. Everything else looks pretty bad or just isn't any.</p><p></p><p>Pasture drilled 70 acres of pasture with oats and clover which is pretty much a 100% loss.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1982vett, post: 607769, member: 7795"] I live in an area that normal rainfall is 32-34 inches a year. So far my total for the year is 15.8 inches. Bryan/College Station 20 miles to the east with 36-37 inch average is at at about 31 inches for the year. The farther west you go the drier it gets. The winds have been 10 - 15 mph higher lately which have let a few grass fires run a bit but the county commissioners have not yet imposed a burning ban. The dry areas really don't have much to burn and the rest aren't that dry. Yesterdays 30 degree weather might change that now since anything that was still green probably won't be now. I had my oat ground ready when Ike gave us 1 6/10ths inches of rain. Got it planted September 20th then went 3 weeks with high winds, hot temperatures and no rain. About 1/3 came up, 1/3 germinated and died and the last 1/3 came up when we finally got another 1 1/2 inches over the second week of October. Since then we have had 9/10ths of an inch. Had a small amount of armyworm damage but not much (don't think we had enough green for them to survive). Folks that got a little more rain and had greening pastures had more damage. I have about 15 out of 50 acres that can stand a little grazing. It was in better shape for planting and more of it came up early. That which came up later is struggling for moisture and is dieing. Their is some oats along the Brazos River that looks pretty good. They have been getting some moisture. Everything else looks pretty bad or just isn't any. Pasture drilled 70 acres of pasture with oats and clover which is pretty much a 100% loss. [/QUOTE]
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