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● Field report · updated Nov 14, 2026 · 38.05°N, 100.75°W

Finney County, KS

Dryland Satanta Goal · soil health
You grow today
Winter wheat→Grain sorghum→Fallow
The bottom line★ Pick

Best fit for your goals: Winter canola + summer cover mix → Field peas + clover cover → Grain sorghum

Today49
This plan79
soil health+58
🤝 Suggestions from satellite & public data — please check with your local extension agent before changing plans.
01 / What NASA sees

Your field, from orbit

11 signals · NASA + USDA
Avg rainfall21.5in / yr2006–2025 · NASA POWER
Water balance−29.4in / yrRain − crop demand (ET₀)
Crop stress0.59ESI · 1 = none2026-10-11 · ECOSTRESS 70 m
  • Rain in the last 12 monthsNASA POWER96% of normal
  • Days above 95°FNASA POWER48.4/yr recently vs 45.2/yr earlier
  • Typical frost datesNASA POWERlast Apr 14, first Oct 27 (199 frost-free days)
  • Heavy-rain days (>1 in)NASA POWER2.1/yr
  • Root-zone soil moisture (last 60 days)NASA GMAO MERRA-2 GWETROOT via POWER+15% vs normal
  • Root-zone soil moisture (SMAP, 30 days to 2026-11-10)NASA SMAP L4 (9 km)25% water by volume, up from 18% in July
  • Crop water stress (ECOSTRESS ESI: 1 = no stress, <0.4 = stressed)NASA ECOSTRESS (70 m, your field)latest 0.59 (2026-10-11), summer avg 0.55; stressed in 23% of 47 passes
  • SoilUSDA NRCS SSURGOSatanta loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes; organic matter 2.0%, slope 1.0%
  • Water storage trend (groundwater + soil + surface)NASA GRACE/GRACE-FO-0.34 in/yr (-0.9 cm/yr), 2002–2026
02 / Rotation strategies

Today vs. two alternatives

Scored 0–100 for your goals · soil health
What you do today

Winter wheat → Grain sorghum → Fallow (no crop)

49/ 100
Winter wheat
Grain sorghum
Fallow
3-year cycle 7 mo bare / yr
49/ 100 for
your goals
All 7 scores, why & risks
Water use
75
Soil health
33
Erosion protection
36
Pest & disease break
73
Income potential
42
Heat & drought resilience
87
Forage
47
Why it's here
  • This is what satellite crop maps (USDA CDL) show on your field in recent years — the baseline to compare against.
Possible benefits
  • 📚 Field trials worldwide: crops in this rotation yield ~15% more than in monoculture (Mudare et al. 2025, Nature Communications (meta-analysis of 3,663 field trials)).
  • Deep-rooted grain sorghum reaches stored soil water and improves infiltration.
  • Grain sorghum: handles heat and drought better than corn or soybeans.
  • Field is bare about 7.0 months a year in this plan.
Check locally
  • Check local buyers/elevators and prices for grain sorghum.
  • Fallow years leave soil bare and slowly burn organic matter.
Best match for your priorities

Winter canola + summer cover mix → Field peas + clover cover → Grain sorghum

79/ 100
Winter canola
Field peas
Grain sorghum
3-year cycle · ▬ cover 3 mo bare / yr
79/ 100 for
your goals
All 7 scores, why & risks
Water use
47
Soil health
91
Erosion protection
72
Pest & disease break
100
Income potential
62
Heat & drought resilience
78
Forage
60
Why it's here
  • Better soil health than today (+58 points).
  • Better erosion protection than today (+36 points).
  • Better pest & disease break than today (+27 points).
  • Better overall too: 74/100 vs 57 today.
  • Ranked high for your goal: soil health.
Possible benefits
  • 📚 Field trials worldwide: crops in this rotation yield ~17% more than in monoculture (Mudare et al. 2025, Nature Communications (meta-analysis of 3,663 field trials)).
  • 📚 Rotating corn or wheat with legumes cut nitrogen fertilizer by 41–46% at the same yields in those trials (Mudare et al. 2025, Nature Communications (meta-analysis of 3,663 field trials)).
  • Nitrogen-fixing field peas can cut fertilizer needs for the next crop.
  • Crimson/red clover cover: Fixes nitrogen for the next crop; frost-seeded or planted after small grains.
  • Summer cover mix (cowpea/sorghum-sudan/radish): Fills the bare window after wheat harvest; radish breaks compaction, cowpea adds N.
  • Deep-rooted grain sorghum, winter canola reaches stored soil water and improves infiltration.
  • Grain sorghum: handles heat and drought better than corn or soybeans.
  • 4 plant families break pest and disease cycles.
  • Field is bare about 3.0 months a year in this plan.
Check locally
  • A new combination found by FarmPartner's search, not a standard rotation: less field-tested, so try it on part of a field first and check it with your extension agent.
  • Check local buyers/elevators and prices for grain sorghum, canola, field peas.
  • In a dry year a cover crop can use water the next cash crop needs — terminate early if it is dry.
  • May need different header/planter settings and herbicide plans (check carryover).
Best soil builder

Winter canola + summer cover mix → Triticale (forage) + clover cover → Sunflower

78/ 100
Winter canola
Triticale (forage)
Sunflower
3-year cycle · ▬ cover 2 mo bare / yr
78/ 100 for
your goals
All 7 scores, why & risks
Water use
46
Soil health
89
Erosion protection
82
Pest & disease break
100
Income potential
54
Heat & drought resilience
74
Forage
53
Why it's here
  • Better soil health than today (+56 points).
  • Better erosion protection than today (+46 points).
  • Better pest & disease break than today (+27 points).
  • Better overall too: 73/100 vs 57 today.
  • Ranked high for your goal: soil health.
Possible benefits
  • 📚 Field trials worldwide: crops in this rotation yield ~16% more than in monoculture (Mudare et al. 2025, Nature Communications (meta-analysis of 3,663 field trials)).
  • Crimson/red clover cover: Fixes nitrogen for the next crop; frost-seeded or planted after small grains.
  • Summer cover mix (cowpea/sorghum-sudan/radish): Fills the bare window after wheat harvest; radish breaks compaction, cowpea adds N.
  • Deep-rooted sunflower, winter canola reaches stored soil water and improves infiltration.
  • Sunflower, Triticale (forage): handles heat and drought better than corn or soybeans.
  • 5 plant families break pest and disease cycles.
  • Field is bare about 2.0 months a year in this plan.
Check locally
  • A new combination found by FarmPartner's search, not a standard rotation: less field-tested, so try it on part of a field first and check it with your extension agent.
  • Check local buyers/elevators and prices for sunflower, canola, forage triticale.
  • In a dry year a cover crop can use water the next cash crop needs — terminate early if it is dry.
  • May need different header/planter settings and herbicide plans (check carryover).
03 / Water & vegetation

Where the water goes

NASA POWER 2006–2025 · MODIS 250 m

Rain vs. crop water demand

RainET₀ demandInches / month
JFMAMJJASOND
−4.4 in in Jun

Crops want 7.5 in, rain brings 3.1. The rest has to come from water stored in the soil — that's why residue and cover matter here.

NASA POWER · 2006–2025 averages

Vegetation from space (NDVI)

Green coverNear-bare < 0.25
0.25 BARE SOIL
Nov 2024May 2025Nov 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026
~5 mo near bare

Feb 2026 → Jun 2026 sat below the bare-soil line — a window where a cover crop could protect and feed the soil.

NASA MODIS MOD13Q1 · 16-day composites
04 / History & ground truth

9 seasons on this field

USDA Cropland Data Layer · 30 m
2017Grain sorghum
2018Fallow
2019Winter wheat
2020Grain sorghum
2021Fallow
2022Winter wheat
2023Grain sorghum
2024Fallow
2025Winter wheat
Detected pattern: Winter wheat → Grain sorghum → Fallow (no crop), repeating every 3 years. 3 of 9 seasons the field carried no crop.
Soil · USDA NRCS SSURGO

Satanta loam

1.0% slope · well drained · hydrologic group C

OM2.0%
Clay18%
Sand43%
K0.32
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  1. No yield, price or field-level sensor data yet — reply with your own rain gauge and yields to improve this.
  2. Weather and soil moisture are ~50 km NASA model grids, not your exact field.
  3. Crop history comes from 30 m satellite crop maps, which can mislabel some years.
  4. GRACE is a regional signal (~300 km) of all water — groundwater, soil and snow — not your well level.
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