Location 1: 2 miles west of Hooper, rainfed no-till corn after soybeans on Moody Silty Clay Loam soil (about 2.2″ of available water per foot) August 19 – August 26 Weekly Rainfall & Crop Water Use for August 19 – August 26: Rainfall = 2.3″ ET Reference Reading = 0.9 Corn Water Use (R5 dent stage, 1/2 […] Continue reading → 
View crop water use from around the Nebraska at the Nebraska Ag Water Mgnt Network. Location 1: 2 miles west of Hooper, rainfed no-till corn after soybeans on Moody Silty Clay Loam soil (about 2.2″ of available water per foot) July 22 – July 29 Weekly Rainfall & Crop Water Use for July 22 – July 29: […] Continue reading → 
1.5 miles NE of Scribner: Irrigated no-till soybeans on Moody Silty Clay loam soil (about 2.2″ of available water per foot) July 20 – July 27 Weekly Rainfall/Irrigation & Crop Water Use for July 20 – July 27: Rainfall = 0.40″ Irrigation = 0″ (0.0″ total for season) ET (Evapotranspiration) Reading: 1.3 Soybean Water Use […] Continue reading → A new program called “Local Crop Water” sponsored by Nebraska Extension in Dodge & Washington counties will share weekly crop water use and soil moisture measurements from three irrigated and one rainfed field in 2015. The cost of the materials (ET gauges, Watermark soil sensors, sensor reading, mileage, etc.) for the program comes from local […] Continue reading →