HUSA May 5 2026 - Dry In Kansas

Let's check in with Kansas Corn and see how they're doing in Rice County, Kansas.   "Matt Splitter, Kansas Corn Growers president, here near Sterling, Kansas between Sterling and Lyons right in the middle of the state. And we are dry. We're very dry here. We have missed most all the rain that has moved through Kansas over the last couple months. We have had less than two inches of total precipitation here for the year, started January 1st. We did find some early moisture to plant into, but we had to stop planters about that second week of April to try to get some rain, try to get some moisture. We had 20 hundreds the other day here at this field. And so we are having some good emergence still, but it is very concerning that we'll get emergence, but it just will sit there. Progress through our area is kind of spotty hit and miss. We're just not seeing the traditional rollout of planters. Everybody going at once. And I think a lot of that has to do with how dry we are. But we've been here before. We'll get through it again. Statistically we get about 28 inches of rain a year here at this location. And we've had less than two at this point. So statistically, we are encouraged that there is more rain to come. And if that rain will come during the growing season, things will look good. Still trying to be as optimistic as we can. But right now it's we're just really, really dry.   Matt Splitter, Kansas Corn Growers.   Taking a look at the Kansas wheat crop conditions from the NASS... Winter wheat rated 17% very poor, 27% poor, 34% fair, 20% good, and 2% excellent.