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Irrigation season is in full swing in Nebraska.

Terry Horky, who farms near Sargent in central Nebraska, says hot and dry conditions in June forced them to start irrigating corn and soybeans earlier than normal.

“The pivots have been running—most of them have made three or four rounds, on the sandier soils,” Horkey says. “There have been some years we haven’t had to irrigate our beans yet, but we’ve had to irrigate them some this year to keep them moist on top, so they didn’t dry out.”

Horky has both irrigated and non-irrigated crops.

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