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Mouseover to pause!...... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- These pictures are copyright protect as is and should not be used without the author's specific permission. /Priddy.. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ...The mission of the UK Agricultural Weather Program/Center is to provide educational resources through the development of agricultural weather products and services that minimize weather surprise to Kentucky residents relative to their agricultural needs... 2012 Drought pictures and comments from County Extension Agents around Kentucky ...Click image to enlarge... Hardin county - Mr. Matt Adams - Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources 6/26/12 Hardin county: 6/26/12 Hardin county: 6/26/12 --> Hardin county: 07/02/2012 Hardin county: 07/02/2012 Hardin county: 07/02/2012 Hardin county: 07/02/2012 Pictures here. provide by Dr. Stu Foster (May 24th thru July 27th) - State Climatologist Kentucky Division of Water: Provided by Mr Edward Zimmer (07/30/12)1. 2. Fayette county - Tom Priddy Fayette co UK Campus 6/26/12: UK Campus 7/02/12: UK campus:7/18/12: UK Campus 8/07/12: McCracken county - Mr. Douglas Wilson - 6/26/12 McCracken county: McCracken county:80 acre popcorn field McCracken McCracken county: McCracken county:80 acre popcorn field McCracken McCracken McCracken county: Yellow corn for grain planted the same day McCracken McCracken county:Farmer dug a pond and installed a well to irrigate. This tobacco has had only one and a half inch of rain, without irrigation it probably would not have survived until now. McCracken county:Pigweed suffering from heat stress not chemical spray. Condition of fescue. McCracken county - Kathryn "Kathy" Wimberley Horticulture Agent McCracken County Cooperative Extension - 7/25/12 McCracken county:Near Hwy 60 McCracken county:Near Hwy 60 McCracken county:Drought-stressed Dogwood McCracken county: McCracken county: Corn McCracken county: McCracken county: McCracken county: McCracken county: Corn McCracken county: McCracken county: McCracken county: McCracken county: McCracken county: McCracken county: McCracken county - Kathryn "Kathy" Wimberley Horticulture Agent 08/14/12 McCracken county:(08/14/12) McCracken county:(08/14/12) McCracken county:(08/14/12) McCracken county:(08/14/12) McCracken county:(08/14/12) McCracken county:August 2009 McCracken county:August 2009 From Dr. Chad Lee - 6/26/12 14:30 pm Larue county: deep soil Daviess county: irrigated Daviess county: non-irrigated Daviess county: irrigated & non-irrigated ears, same field Crittenden county: Nancy D. Hunt, Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent - 6/27/12 Crittenden county: Pond Crittenden county: Drought stressed Corn Crittenden county: Drought stressed Corn 07/09/2012 - Nancy Hunt Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences Crittenden Co. Pond: Crittenden Co. Corn: Drought-stressed corn: 07/20/2012 - Nancy Hunt Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences Pond: Some green-up of grasses 07/20/2012 Crittenden Co. Corn: Drought-stressed corn: 07/26/2012 - Lyon Co: Susan Fox County Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources 07/26/2012 07/26/2012 07/26/2012 07/26/2012 07/26/2012 07/26/2012 Caldwell county: Dr Lloyd Murdock - UK Extension Professor - 6/27/12 Pictures of corn in severe drought conditions. It was planted April 3 and has had 4.36 inches of rain since planted. The picture was taken on June 27. The soil is a fragipan soil that is about 22 inches deep to the fragipan the will not allow root development below 22 inches. The profile to the pan is completely dry. The tank is empty. The corn has tasseled and silked but not much fertilization took place. The few grains of corn that were fertilized will not develop if the 10 day forcast is true. It will be a complete failure. Cladwell county: Cladwell county: Cladwell county: Cladwell county: Cladwell county: Drought stressed beans McCracken county: Mr. Rick Shanklin NWS Paducah Weather Office - 6/27/12 McCracken county: McCracken county: McCracken county: Carlisle county: Carla Harper - Carlisle County Extension Agent 6/27/12 Carlisle county: Carlisle county: Carlisle county: Breathitt county: Mr. Shawn Harley - NWS Weather Office 6/28/12 Breathitt county: Drought-stress grass Breathitt county: Pond http://weather.uky.edu/drought2012/drought%20001.jpg Franklin county: Mr. Keenan R. Bishop - Extension Agent for Agriculture & Natural Resources 6/28/12 Franklin county: Dry creek Franklin county: Pasture Franklin county: Pasture Franklin county: Grass Franklin county: Grass Franklin county: Kim Cowherd - Extension Agent for Horticulture 8/8/12 Franklin county: Cumulonimbus with anvil top Springfield Ky on the BG Parkway Franklin county: 20 min later Franklin county: Kim Cowherd - Extension Agent for Horticulture 8/14/12 Franklin county: 8/14/12 Franklin county: 8/14/12 Franklin county: 8/14/12 Franklin county: August of 2009 Franklin county: August of 2009 Oldham county: Traci Missun - Extension Agent for Agriculture & Natural Resources 6/29/12 Fortunately, Oldham County has been blessed up until the last few weeks with better rainfall than most. One of our farmers on the south side of the county has a weather station and the year to date rainfall there is 21.29” http://www.weatherlink.com/user/kevinjeff/. Our crops are generally not showing drought stress symptoms yet but I expect they will soon. I talked to a market vegetable producer early this week and he was setting up to irrigate from a cistern. Within the last week, lawn grasses have really started to show the impact of dry weather, especially on slopes, where soil is shallower, and where facing the intense afternoon sun with no shade. We are beginning to see some browning and crunchy grass in lawns. Pastures that were in decent shape in the spring and not overgrazed are still holding up, but I expect that to change if we don’t get rain soon. I sincerely hope I don’t have any drought-stressed crop photos to send you this year. We have a 30% rain chance on Sunday so I plan to go outside and start my rain dance early that morning! Lincoln county: Brooke Stone - Extension Agent for Agriculture & Natural Resources 7/02/12 "Folks are normally fishing here." Lincoln County: Dry creek Lincoln County: Dry creek Edmunson county: David Embrey - Extension Agent for Agriculture & Natural Resources 7/02/12 All Edmunson county drought pictures (26 pics) Ballard county: Tom Miller - Extension Agent for Agriculture & Natural Resources 7/02/12 Ballard County: Double crop beans Ballard County: Double crop Ballard County: Stressed Corn Hopkins county: Curtis Dame - Extension Agent for Agriculture & Natural Resources 6/22/12 Hopkins County: Hopkins County: Hopkins County: Hopkins County: Hopkins County: Hopkins County: Hopkins County: Hopkins County: Hopkins County: Hopkins County: Hopkins County: Hopkins County: Hopkins County: Anderson Co. 07/05/2012 - Tom Priddy Anderson Co. Pond, near Hwy 127 1 mile south of the BG: Anderson Co. Pond, After widespread last weekend: 07/18/12 Anderson Co. Pond, Almost completely refilled: 08/07/2012 Nelson Co. 07/05/2012 - Rick Greenwell The Nelson county extension agent sent this to me today. Nelson county is in central Kentucky... Tom, "Here is what’s going on drought wise in our County. Our early corn crop is a total loss, our 2nd crop beans are not germinating. We didn’t have a full cutting of Spring hay and some people are already feeding hay. Those who can are irrigating tobacco but the question is, do they irrigate now and haul stock water later. " Russell Co. 07/06/2012 - Dr Ken Seebold Russell Co. Drought-stressed tobacco: Marshall County: Marshall County county: Lincoln W Martin - Marshall County Extension Agent for Agriculture & Natural Resources 7/05/12 Marshall County: Marshall County: Marshall County: Marshall County: Marshall County: Marshall County: Marshall County: Marshall County: Marshall County: Marshall County: Marshall County: Marshall County: Marshall County: Marshall County: Marshall County: Marshall County: Marshall County: Marshall County: Marshall County: Breckinridge county 07/08/2012 - Carol Hinton Extension Agent for Agriculture & Natural Resources Breckinridge Co. Drought-stressed corn: Ears of corn with very few kernels pollinated and silks abundant Co. Drought-stressed corn: Full grown corn with no ears of corn, 20 acres. Co. Drought-stressed corn: Full grown & no shoots Co. Drought-stressed corn: 07/08/12 Breckinridge Co.: Wet feet! Caldwell county: 07/10/2012 - Dr. Doug Overhault Extension Professor Crittenden Co.: Campbell county: 07/19/2012 - Mr. Don Sorrell Extension Agent for Agriculture & Natural Resources Campbell Co.: Notice the shape! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- These pictures are copyright protected and should not be used without the author's specific permission. /Priddy.. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ag Weather Center, Department of Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering, University of Kentucky