It is difficult to conceive after June/July floods here how dry we have become in this region this fall. When rains get turned on, they are on for record flooding and when they get turned off, they shut off completely. Here is a picture of soil moisture levels across the Corn-Belt and how dry the heartland progressively has become since summer. The colors depict the 3-month change in soil moisture starting July 6th, showing the then flooded NW Corn-Belt until the end of August when most of the Eastern US had joined us in drought. In September, two Gulf hurricanes pushed the drought in the US back northwest to where it is now centered over Iowa and portions of surrounding states. We are doing some tiling to try to improve upon weak areas discovered this summer in our drainage system this fall. The tiller says that the existing tile has run dry and soil moisture is gone. Subsoil moisture levels have been depleted. This is the time of year when the crops are no longer utilizing soil moisture when subsoil moisture levels recharge for the next season. Our soil profile can hold 11 inches of water in the…