{"id":3253,"date":"2012-09-20T14:21:34","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T14:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ncis.staging.wpengine.com\/?p=3253"},"modified":"2012-09-20T14:21:34","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T14:21:34","slug":"no-virginia-this-is-not-west-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/no-virginia-this-is-not-west-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Virginia, this is not West Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncis.staging.wpengine.com\/no-virginia-this-is-not-west-texas\/rob-shuman\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3240\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Rob Shuman\" src=\"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Rob-Shuman.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>Northeast Indiana looks more like West Texas this summer than America\u2019s heartland. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, nearly 70 percent of the state,\u00a0including a wide swath from around the Kentucky border in the south, north through Fort Wayne and all the way to the Michigan border is in an \u201cextreme or exceptional\u201d drought. Sadly, there is not a county in the state where some degree of drought does not exist.<\/p>\n<p>73 percent of the state\u2019s corn crop, the nation\u2019s most valuable commodity, is in poor or very poor condition. 53 percent of our soybean crop, the second biggest revenue-generating commodity in the state, is in poor or very poor condition as well. Ranchers in the state are quickly running out of options to feed their livestock, as 89 percent of the state\u2019s pastures are in poor or very poor condition as well.<\/p>\n<p>While we\u2019ve been blessed with adequate rainfall for the past month, for the corn crop it\u2019s a case of \u201ctoo little and too late.\u201d We&#8217;re also still at a level of sub-soil moisture that, if it doesn&#8217;t improve, will potentially make it difficult to produce a crop in 2013&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Rob Schuman is a corn, soybean and cattle farmer from Churubusco and is the vice president of the Whitley County Farm Bureau.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.journalgazette.net\/article\/20120830\/EDIT05\/308309971\/0\/SEARCH\" target=\"_blank\">here <\/a>to read more&#8230;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northeast Indiana looks more like West Texas this summer than America\u2019s heartland. 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