Drought
The cattle herd is finally recovering from the severe drought that the northern Plains experienced earlier this year. This drought is still a reality, hitting portions of South Dakota hard.
Wildfires have burned wide swaths of the western U.S. the past week forcing evacuations of communities, cattle to move pastures and highway closures.
Forest Service using new tech for post-fire work in Montana
North Dakota’s largest livestock group and its biggest corn organizations have launched efforts to help ranchers devastated by a summer of drought.
Several devastating fires are currently raging in the western U.S.—and hot and dry weather will only exacerbate wildfire danger through the weekend.
A new study by the University of Nebraska shows that wildfires across the great plains region are becoming more frequent.
The U.S. Drought Monitor shows that most of the Dakotas are experiencing drought conditions that experts say are harming farmers and cattle producers.
Cattle on feed continues to increase, while drought conditions go away in the Northern and Southern Plains.
The beef industry is still rebounding from 2012’s drought and now cattlemen are facing new challenges.
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.