Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Eddy County continues to be almost 4 inches above average for rainfall when compared to the 30-year National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration average for the period between April 15 and July 14. Six days in a row with little rainfall and maximum temperatures above 80ºF allowed producers to get some haying done and gave the corn some good growing days. The low spots continue to be full of water. Total precipitation for the period of April 15 to July 16 for the surrounding area was 14.04 inches in New Rockford, 13.89 inches in Sheyenne, 14.59 inches eight miles north of McHenry, and 13.01 inches four miles north of Carrington. Rainfall totals nine miles east of Sheyenne and five miles east of Divide were 1-4 inches higher than Sheyenne totals. Total precipitation for the last week was 1.47 inches in New Rockford, 1.41 inches in Sheyenne, 0.97 inches eight miles north of McHenry, and 1.03 inches four miles north of Carrington.
On July 16, I received multiple reports of hail moving through Sheyenne and heading southeast in a wide swath. Please call the Extension Office at (701) 947-2454 if you are having problems with your crops, pastures, livestock, lawns, gardens, trees or shrubs and would like help. Feel free to send field or pasture pictures for me to upload as Condition Monitoring Observer Reports to [email protected]. Your photos will help me document the weather challenges we are facing this season.
The Eddy County Achievement Days on July 11 and 12 were pretty amazing. Eddy County 4-H members worked very hard preparing over 200 static exhibits and getting their livestock ready for the livestock show. Thank you to all the sponsors, judges and other volunteers that helped with our event. We had 88 static exhibits and six goats promoted to the North Dakota State Fair in Minot from July 19-27.
