Supply chain disruptions, pivot repairs cost Western Corn Belt crops top-end yields
August 31, 2022 By Kellan Heavican Filed Under: 2022 Events, 2022 Farm Progress Show, 2022 Farm Progress Show, Ag Weather, Agriculture, Drought, Farmer, Iowa, Nebraska, News, weather
Supply chain disruptions and the lack of irrigation repairs might have cut top-end yields for some crops in the Western Corn Belt.
Danny Gardner farms near Sioux City, Iowa and tells Brownfield he couldn’t repair a pivot when drought intensified this summer, which led to pollination issues. “A variable frequency drive for a pivot – that one in particular – I don’t know how many months we waited but we spent a lot of time not irrigating when we wish we could have.”
Jamey Kohake with Paragon Investments – a commodity brokerage service – says the aftermath of widespread storm damage earlier this growing season will be seen at harvest. “We saw the wind and hail damage in Nebraska during the late spring season. A lot of pivots got damaged and never got replaced. We saw lower crop conditions there. Usually, you get an average trend-line with the irrigation in Nebraska.”
Kohake says crop conditions decline quickly west of Interstate 35.
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