Soil Moisture Condition Monitoring Weekly Report: Near Normal
Station Number: OH-HM-24
Station Name: Cheviot 3.4 W
Report Date: 7/6/2019
Submitted: 7/06/2019 7:16 AM
Scale Bar: Near Normal
Description:
Only 0.10 inch of rain over the past 10 days with above normal temperatures. Visible summer dormancy developing in lawns. Surface conditions becoming quite dry.
Categories:
General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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This report is specifically for the Arbor Doctor’s location 3.4 miles west of Cheviot, OH, in the western suburbs of Cincinnati in southwest Ohio. This location is also an official cooperative observation site for the National Weather Service listed as Cheviot 3W.
What is the Condition Monitoring Report? See these links for more information:
Rain, rain go away: Farmers want to plant someday
“Historic” delays in planting lead to tough decisions”
Relentless rain across much of the country has been an inconvenience and annoyance for many people.
As of June 17, only 68 percent of Ohio’s corn crop and 46 percent of Ohio’s soybean crop had been planted, according to USDA Crop Progress reports. Typically by now, Ohio’s corn acres have been entirely planted and nearly all of the state’s soybean acres have been planted.
The delay in planting adds an extra layer of strain on farmers already facing low prices for corn and soybeans, low animal feed supplies and uncertainty about trade relief aid.
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