Drought for some and cold for others

Map below shows drought in South West  States begining to extend into Iowa and Missouri corn belt

Maps below show cold temperatures limiting growth in Iowa Illinois and north    Colors show departure from normal

MAP 3	MAP 4
This map shows the difference between the current seasonal accumulation of modified growing degree days and the 1981-2010 average growing degree days.  The start of season is defined as April 1.	Same as Map 3, except the start of the season is defined as May 1.

Growing season is just getting started as you see from the maps some areas need rain to produce a crop this year and in Map #3 areas green blue and purple need warm weather  to get their crops growing.

On my farm I have missed some rains that went north or south of me but some chances of rain in a few days.  Corn is growing and some days in the 70,s degrees, corn is at six leaf stage today. An inch of rain would really have this grow faster.

                    Lets pray for the farmers to overcome the weather obstacles this year. 

                                                                                Serving together:  Dean