About 3.5 inches of rain came at a critical time for crops in south central Nebraska.
Readings from Jordan Uldrich’s soil moisture sensors showed a drawdown beginning July 10 when crops started growing rapidly and using water, then rainfall came around July 26.
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A monarch butterfly collects nectar from a western ironweed in the Uldrich pasture.
Jordan Uldrich is a fifth generation on his Fillmore County farm, working with his dad and brother to raise conventional corn, soybeans, milo and rye and a small beef herd. He has adopted regenerative practices, including interseeding cover crops and rotational grazing. Jordan is a board member and has one of the demonstration-education sites for the Nebraska Soil Health Coalition.
Janelle Atyeo
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