With temperatures predicted to trend warmer than average through April, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is urging the state’s farmers and ranchers to prepare now to mitigate drought effects on both croplands and grasslands.
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On the heels of record cold February in the Plains, farmers and ranchers are closely eyeing the spring forecast released by the Climate Predic…
South Dakota farmers slogged through two wet years before the rain shut off in the middle of the last growing season. Now a warm start to wint…
Given two years of inclement weather, cattle producers should start evaluating pastures and consider how to prepare them for the 2021 grazing season.
“Is it any wonder 10 days after a rain we’re begging for another one?” Agronomist Dale Strickler talks about how to make soils more resistant to drought.
It’s looking like a dry year is ahead of Midwestern farmers, especially those in the western Iowa, eastern South Dakota region, climate expert…
As the climate trends warmer and drier, global food security increasingly hinges on the ability of crops to withstand drought. But scientists …
“Is it any wonder 10 days after a rain we’re begging for another one?” Agronomist Dale Strickler talks about how to make soils more resistant to drought.
Conversations about Japanese beetles seem to have calmed down in 2020, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t still present.
Once a drought develops, ranchers must make decisions in rapid succession to prevent problems from compounding.
Meet our newest Youth Producer Progress Reporter, Andrea Hipke from Spencer, Nebraska:
SDSU Extension agronomist Sara Bauder recaps the year in weather.
Nebraska U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Nancy Johner reminds livestock producers who have …
Weather’s impact on agriculture is constant. From too much precipitation to not enough heat, a season largely hinges on what happens meteorolo…
The prediction of a little wetter than normal winter is good news for farmers in parts of central Illinois this year. Drier parts of northeast…
Missouri weather can be difficult to predict, but University of Missouri atmospheric sciences professor Tony Lupo is watching some weather tre…
There’s an old line about Iowa weather that’s something to the effect of “if you don’t like the weather, just wait” because it will change.
It remains dry throughout North Dakota.
Drought in 2020 didn’t only affect crop production, but soybean cyst nematode populations as well.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Those attending a virtual session of the recent Prairie Grains Conference heard meteorologist Daryl Ritchison give his tho…
Doug Noem’s nine years of service on the South Dakota Corn Growers Association (SDCGA) board of directors have been far from uneventful. Here, he reflects on the group's achievements. Congratulations, Doug!
Anyone else as excited as I am to see the end of 2020? I know that Jan. 1 will be just an-other day on the calendar, but for every second that…
A couple years ago, the Overturfs bought a bull in Texas where it was 60 degrees in February. When they arrived home in Nebraska, it was a chilly 20 degrees. “The bull didn’t like it – he hunched up. He had never seen snow,” Overturf said. “You could tell he wasn’t having much fun in Nebraska.”
“Obviously it’s going to take longer to recover next spring if you did overgraze,” said Joe Sellers, who battled dry pastures at his Chariton operation in southern Iowa this year.