Drought
Firefighters battling a large wildfire in northwestern Oklahoma caught a break Thursday from diminished winds, but forecasters warned that other areas of the Midwest are at risk for pop-up fires because of dry air and strong gusts.
Federal officials have announced $20 million in aid for California farmers affected by the ongoing drought.
The Farm Bill moving through Congress includes disaster assistance for ranchers and millions of dollars in federal payments for counties with federal lands.
Because of historically dry conditions in California have forced ranchers to already sell off parts of their herds as normally green grazing pastures have turned brown.
As massive wildfires blaze across the West this week, the need to address the increasing wildfire threat is even more apparent.
Record-setting heat and severe drought are hurting Leeward region ranchers on Maui and their cattle herds.
Even though we don’t know for sure how pasture conditions will turn out it’s never too early to make drought management plans.
LIP provides compensation to eligible livestock producers who have suffered livestock death losses in excess of normal mortality due to adverse weather.
High beef prices are here to stay for a while, as recent drought conditions in Texas and around the country have reduced the nation’s cattle supply to its lowest numbers in more than 50 years, according to agricultural experts.
Farmers and ranchers across Kansas are wrapping up the 2014 growing season, marked by rapidly changing fortunes that were buffeted by weather and markets.
November 15, 2014 is the deadline to purchase or change coverage for the 2015 calendar year.
Budding plant growth across northeastern Colorado’s Pawnee National Grassland serves as visual evidence of recovery and relief brought by greater rainfall this year.
Speaker at Cattle Industry Summer Conference reflects on drought in Southeastern Colorado.
Irrigation transformed this region known by early explorers as the Great American Desert into an oasis of sorts. In an area of limited rainfall and surface water availability, the Ogallala allowed farmers to grow corn, which attracted cattle feedlots, then meatpacking plants, ethanol plants and dairies. Now the nation’s largest freshwater aquifer is starting to run dry.
Livestock producers who lost money due to droughts or fires between October 2011 and 2013 could be eligible to receive recovery assistance money through the Livestock Forage Disaster Assistance Program.
Federal disaster aid for Texas cattle producers is available and officials are encouraging producers to act quickly in applying for programs.
Improving forage conditions provide more options for Oklahoma cattle producers.
A recent study indicates economic challenges will persist for cattle producers looking to expand herds.
When are beef producers going to expand the breeding herd and in what regions of the country will that occur?
Decades of data kept by USDA scientists are providing valuable information about how seasonal weather patterns affect cattle production.
Farmers in pockets of California hardest hit by the drought could begin to see their wells run dry a year from now.
Drought assistance for livestock producers is now available for 2012 and 2013.
The Central Kentucky Premier Heifer Sale hopes to aid in rebuilding the national beef herd through their twice yearly female auction and private treaty sales.
Oklahoma State University has been awarded a $1 million grant through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to provide some of the first climate adaptation tools for beef producers in the form of water management resources.
County officials in New Mexico have told the U.S. Forest Service that gates need to be unlocked at a mountain riparian area that is within the Lincoln National Forest so cattle can reach the water in the drought stricken state.
Smaller beef supply could lead to more profitable years in the near future for producers who managed to hold onto cattle.
Property damage and livestock liquidations have implications at tax time.
New Mexico State University’s Cattleman’s Current Issues Program will give producers an opportunity to get the latest updates on these topics and more March 28.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corp of Engineers (Corps) proposed an expansion of their federal authority over “waters of the United States.”