Drought
Crops and pastures continue to suffer in North Dakota as drought persists.
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.
Gov. Doug Burgum has further relaxed commercial driving restrictions to help drought-stricken North Dakota farmers and ranchers.
Extreme drought conditions throughout the Northern Plains have led to a shortage of hay and pasture
North Dakota drought worrying crop and livestock producers
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.