Dry September leaves worries for fall planting

Winds kick up dust

in Tuesday night storm

For the sixth time on record, Whitman County received not a drop of rain in September.

Dave Jones with the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Colfax reported Monday he had not recorded any rain last month.

Jones reported .02 inches of rain fell in his gauge in August.

That left fields dry for farmers who are beginning to plant winter wheat crops.

Another complication blew through Whitman County Tuesday night, as high winds swept across the hills and filled the sky with dust picked up from dry fields.

Bob Barry at the United States Department of...