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Weather continues to drive crop, livestock markets
By Jennifer Carrico, High Plains Journal Weather and markets are two very important factors for livestock and grain farmers throughout the country. Iowa State University climatologist Elwynn Taylor...
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Getting through the drought
Arkansas The drought is not likely to end and may intensify through September unless tropical storms bring relief according to predictions from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. With...
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Drought-damaged corn crop the worst since 1980
By Doug Rich The corn in Missouri is amazing this year. Missouri is ground zero for one of the worst droughts since 1980 so it is amazing to have any crop at all. “It is going to be a bad crop but it...
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Grasshoppers, blister beetles plaguing some areas
Arkansas Cattle aren’t the only hungry mouths in drought-parched Arkansas: so are grasshoppers and blister beetles. Exceptional drought covers 10.81 percent of the state, compared with 3.25 percent in...
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Drought continues to cause losses
By Jennifer Carrico Farmers are always at the mercy of Mother Nature when it comes to raising a crop, but this year it seems to be more widespread than in recent history. With no measurable amounts of...
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Extension specialists give advice about drought
By Jennifer Carrico Iowa and the Midwest are suffering from the worst drought since 1956, according to Iowa State University Dean of Extension and Outreach John Lawrence. Lawrence hosted a webinar on...
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