Our dry pastures were blessed with about 3" of rain last week!
Over the course of about 3 days, we saw boughts of heavy rainfall combined with brutal, cold winds. Thankfully, the parched ground was able to effectively absorb a good portion of the rainfall to help spur some much needed forage regeneration.
Sadly, the effects of the rainfall are sure to be short-lived. We are already seeing cracks resuming in the dry ground and our wet weather creek has already returned to it's empty state. Area lakes showed only small increases in the lake levels since much of the rain was absorbed. According to the drought monitor system, we remain in "exceptional drought" status.
A new article released 03/13/09 details how the drought, even after the rain, is affecting Texas agriculture:
http://www.agnetwork.com/content.asp?ContentId=298616
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