Continued drought in Western Iowa. It's dry as a popcorn fart and we're going to lose scores of farm ponds to winter kill this winter. Most in this area are 5' down or more, and these are old school "crotch" ponds dug out with tractors back in the day. They're rarely more than 8-10' deep, so it's going to be very tough, especially if we get thick ice and a lot of snow late.