Weather - General
Livestock producers struggle to rebuild their operations with few resources to date
Wild fires burned in Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma and Kansas earlier this year, destroying thousands of acres in its path.
The rancher from western Wyoming wears tan overalls pulled over a U.S. ski team jacket, and is every bit as versed in the nuances of hay farming as the subtleties of snow grooming.
Flooding from Hurricane Harvey is slow to drain in some areas of southwest Louisiana one week after the storm made landfall. Agricultural fields consisting primarily of rice and soybeans are suffering from the most damage.
Snow is falling across a large portion of Montana today, bringing relief to areas struggling to control multiple wildfires. Some mountain passes could see up to 8” of snow by Saturday.
Minnesota company, Plains farm aid group set up hay convoy
Farmers in the northern Plains are well aware of the dry conditions, and now they have to resort to drastic measures in order to deal with eroding conditions that are destroying crops and pastures.
Gov. Dennis Daugaard (R-SD) has declared a statewide emergency because of the ongoing drought conditions in his state.
Dryness is intensifying in the northern Plains, and cattlemen and grain markets are responding.
The ag community rallied around those impacted by the devastating March wildfires, but rebuilding will take years—and significant financial support. That’s why Farm Journal is proud to announce the Million Dollar Wildfire Relief Challenge, launching today, which enables you to help ranching families rebuild by doubling your donation.
Kansas animal losses may reach thousands, livestock group says.
Emergency crews on Tuesday struggled to contain deadly wildfires that have scorched hundreds of square miles of land in four states and forced thousands of people to flee their homes ahead of the wind-whipped flames.
Beef demand unlikely to slip, but weights could fall amid heat.
Cattlemen and women gathered today at the 2014 Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Trade Show to hear CattleFax market analysts’ projections for the year ahead.
CattleFax predicts a cool start to planting and mild summer temperatures
With farmers from Kansas to Texas saying they’ve never seen it drier, it looks like 2012 runs the risk of being another short crop year.
Producers in the Southern Plains have to make some tough decisions during the drought.
Recent high heat and humidity have caused considerable loss of life among cattle and not just in feedyards.
Weather in the United States has been making a complicated 2011 cattle market even cloudier, ultimately affecting everyone from producers to consumers.
Wildfires consume thousands of acres of rangeland threatening livestock, homes and firefighters.
While the weather phenomena remains a factor, the Climate Prediction Center isn’t ready to declare drought for 2011.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is taking matters into its own hands, opening two more emergency programs for producers dealing with flooding in Nebraska.
It appears that following 2006, we entered a new climate pattern, one with warmer and drier weather in the South.
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.
Harvey may not have dealt devastating blow to Texas ranchers
Temperatures seen 15 to 25 degrees below normal, NWS says.
Florida Farm Bureau is working to assess farm damage from Hurricane Irma.
Wildfires have burned wide swaths of the western U.S. the past week forcing evacuations of communities, cattle to move pastures and highway closures.
Texas agricultural officials fear thousands of cattle may have died in the aftermath of Harvey, resulting in losses to ranchers of tens of millions of dollars.
Forest Service using new tech for post-fire work in Montana