Weather - General
North Dakota’s largest livestock group and its biggest corn organizations have launched efforts to help ranchers devastated by a summer of drought.
‘Significant’ amount of ranches affected, industry group says.
The ranchers bringing back the iconic beast have a healthy, trendy, profitable meat—and, some say, an answer for global warming.
Several devastating fires are currently raging in the western U.S.—and hot and dry weather will only exacerbate wildfire danger through the weekend.
The U.S. Drought Monitor shows that most of the Dakotas are experiencing drought conditions that experts say are harming farmers and cattle producers.
By May 18, more than 600 donations had been made online or by mail totaling more than $350,000.
Cattle stranded by flooding in California are being fed with a helicopter.
Cattle ranchers in the Great Plains have been struck with another heavy blow after a weekend blizzard left countless cattle dead and thousands struggling to feed in Oklahoma and Kansas. This setback comes two months after the March wildfires tore through Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Deep snow is melting into Western mountain streams, but some farmers and ranchers on the high plains are struggling amid a lengthy dry spell and the aftermath of destructive wildfires.
Farmers from the mid-South to the Great Plains are counting their losses and making plans to replant after a tumultuous storm brought deadly flooding to double-digit snowfall.
Winds are expected to slow down Wednesday, but weather conditions are still not ideal for emergency crews battling wildfires in four states that have killed six people and destroyed hundreds of square miles of land.
Winter weather could continue to help drive cattle prices higher.
Polar Vortex Blasting U.S. Dealt a Short Life by Dueling Weather
Northern U.S. gets cold in a La Nina, while the South warms.
Nineteen cows are dead in east Texas after lightning struck the tree they were standing underneath during the storm.
Snow is on the way for Wyoming, and it’s coming at the wrong time of year for ranchers.
Beneficial winter precip is falling on the Central & Southern Plains
Livestock producers need to be thinking now about how they’ll keep their animals warm when the temperatures drop.
Rain and cold temps are expected to keep many farmers out of the field this week.
Along with the decreased temperatures and decline in forage growth, comes an increase in calories needed for farm animals.
When do cows start experiencing cold stress and then how much more energy do they need?
Cold dominated the weather reports since Jan. 1 and it has made managing livestock during these frigid times more difficult.
Federal officials have designated portions of 11 western and central states as primary natural disaster areas because of a drought.
But chilly conditions are currently in effect for the Southern Plains & Midwest.
The drought areas of Iowa increased by eight percentage points from last week.
Still reflects more than half of continuous U.S. covered by drought.
But a large drought footprint will remain in place across the western states.
Forecast raises concerns about planting delays.