Drought

Weather forecasts predict worsening drought conditions in the northern Great Plains for the 2021 growing season, which is bad news for cattle producers. Many cattle operations will find themselves without…

HELENA, MT – The Office of the Governor released the 2021 Montana Water and Supply Drought Outlook Report. According to data in the report, 42 percent of the state is…

WASHINGTON – The Biden-Harris administration announced the formation of an Interagency Working Group to address worsening drought conditions in the West and support farmers, Tribes, and communities impacted by ongoing…

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators John Thune (R-S.D.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, reintroduced the Learning Excellence and Good Examples from New…

The most recent U.S. Drought Monitor indicated that 100% of North Dakota is in drought status, with 85% of the state in at least a severe drought category and 47%…

Wyoming agricultural producers are wrestling events outside their control as La Nina off the west coast of the Americas pushes moisture-laden storms on a northern track and seemingly tightening drought’s…

The USDA released its semi-annual cattle inventory report on Friday, and although the numbers largely came in where the industry expected them to, the report does offer insight into the…

Producers need to be prepared in case drought conditions persist into 2021, according to North Dakota State University Extension specialists. Most of the Dakotas, Wyoming and eastern Montana suffered from…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says farmers and ranchers in the North can expect cooler and wetter conditions this winter, while producers in the South are likely to experience…

It is no secret that wheat futures prices have reached unexpected heights recently. Higher futures prices usually pressure export basis values when farmers sell wheat “into the rally” because that…