Nebraska farmer monitoring crops for early season growth issues

A Southeast Nebraska farmer says his crops are in desperate need of moisture and could be showing signs of disease pressure.

Nathan Dorn farms 30 minutes south of Lincoln and says he received about 2 inches of rain Thursday morning, but it’s not nearly enough. “We’re limping from rain to rain. We don’t feel like we have a full soil profile. We don’t feel like there’s enough out in the soil for the crops to grow.

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