Drought
As drought spreads throughout the Midwest, one of the largest planted corn crops on record could already be dwindling.
The start of summer has brought sweltering temperatures to the U.S. Corn Belt, where the corn and soybean crops are quickly fading.
Volatile weather patterns are likely to persist in 2012.
Above-normal temps expected across key growing areas into harvest.
With portions of the U.S. experiencing severe, extreme and exceptional drought conditions, farmers are posting photos showcasing just how much of an impact the lack of rain is having on their fields.
A punishing drought that stretches across much of the U.S. Northern Plains could cause farmers to lose 64 million bushels of wheat production this year, according to federal officials.
Northern Plains farmers harvest before kernels can fully form.
The drought plaguing eastern Montana and much of North and South Dakota came on quickly and is intensifying, leading ranchers to sell their cattle and farmers to harvest early whatever crops that have grown so far this summer.
Crops and pastures continue to suffer in North Dakota as drought persists.
Extreme drought conditions throughout the Northern Plains have led to a shortage of hay and pasture
North Dakota drought worrying crop and livestock producers
Gov. Doug Burgum has further relaxed commercial driving restrictions to help drought-stricken North Dakota farmers and ranchers.
Cattlemen at the 2015 Cattle Industry Convention and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association tradeshow heard an overall favorable weather forecast for cattle, crop and forage production.
The cost of feeding horses and cows in California is climbing as the drought sends hay prices to historic highs.
Corn output in China may drop for the first time in five years because of drought in the North China Plain, the country’s second-biggest producing region.
With good drought plans and conservation systems, farmers and ranchers are better equipped to manage dry and other extreme weather.
Production of hay, including alfalfa, in the top-18 hay-producing states has been declining rapidly, according to USDA’s Annual Crop Production Summary.
Both the hard red winter wheat crop and shipping on the Mississippi River have become the most recent focus of the drought.
Early next week, cooler weather will spread from the Midwest into the Northeast.
Take a virtual crop tour across farm country, without leaving your chair.
Rice farmer Boontham Chei-pa switches on a water pump in the evenings to irrigate his parched field from a canal in Thailand’s central province of Suphanburi.
Weather phenomenon closely watched by commodities traders.
With harvest time across California, many of the state’s once-robust crops — from the grapes that make world-famous wines to popular almonds — are anticipated to be smaller than usual this year due to the state’s historic drought.
AgDay’s Tyne Morgan takes us to the Show-Me State where the heat has pushed this year’s crop to be ready a month early.
Manhattan, Ill., farmer Dave Kestel says while yields are still impressive, they would have been extraordinary if they would have just caught one of those summer rains.
This is quite a change from 2012 when Mother Nature didn’t hand Michigan apple producers any favors.
The U.S. drought monitor shows a softening drought footprint in areas of the U.S., but unfortunately much of the High Plains and other prime spring wheat production areas are still plagued with severe water deficits.
It’s the soybean crop that’s helping farmers in western Illinois, like Scott Cocquit, finish strong.
One weather expert expects Midwest farmers to see rain showers during the next couple of months.
AgDay’s Tyne Morgan launches her I-80 harvest travels from the Cornhusker state where despite dry weather and heat, harvest has been a pleasant surprise.