Xin Qiao

Irrigation management specialist at Panhandle research and Extension Center

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@Meisner6 Those are huge!

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Someone built a tunnel at our research plot, time to have subway at Scottsbluff!

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@Meisner6 Sorry to see that...

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@jcpennyB Lol

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Getting ready for field day audiences!

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@true_bug Still shocking to see..

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@JeremyBecker42 Back to back hail, no we can not

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So one week away from our field day and this happens.

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@true_bug @Meisner6 I heard it too, can’t believe this is back to back

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More on the hail damaged crop pictures

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@dineshpanday Looking good!

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Dry bean canopy pictures taken from our research plot and canopy analysis using our own software today. From top to bottom: fully irrigated, rain fed, fully irrigated at beginning and dryland after July 17. Three replicates on each treatment. Beans are definitely showing stress.

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@Meisner6 If you send me a top down canopy picture and a estimated height of the crop once a week, we can try to estimate current crop water use of the stressed crop.

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Our rain gauge registered 0.23’’ of rain on Saturday July 27. Although this is far less than crop needs, every drop counts in this #watercutoff situation in western NE and eastern WY. If you are Gering Valley, please share how much rain you got and how your crops look like now.

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@Meisner6 It’s kind hard to see but from the video it looks good.

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@true_bug Were they planted late? Poor soil?

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@Meisner6 Oh boy

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Growers in North Platte Valley Face Critical Water Loss with Canal Damage | CropWatch | University of Nebraska–Lincoln https://t.co/ogvkSSG25W