The U.S. Agriculture Department has granted a disaster declaration for 69 of Arkansas’ 75 counties due to the drought. The designation makes emergency loans available to farmers and ranchers. The approval was announced by Arkansas’ congressional delegation. The disaster declaration …
Wyoming ranchers have been selling off cattle early because there’s not enough grass for them to graze on because of the drought. The Casper Star-Tribune reported that the Torrington Livestock market sold more than 17,000 head of cattle in June, …
Fears are rising that grain crops in the core of the U.S. Corn Belt – the top corn-producing region in the world – will suffer big losses that are already causing farmers to plow up fields in other regions of …
The latest drought report says more than a third of Arkansas is in extreme drought conditions. The U.S. Drought Monitor report, updated Thursday, says all of Arkansas is undergoing drought conditions. A handful of counties are experiencing moderate drought conditions, …
Yellowstone and Stillwater county commissions in Montana have declared drought disasters in their counties. Officials say low rainfall and warm temperatures have created conditions that one farmer says are not usually seen until mid-September. Yellowstone County agricultural agent Steve Lackman …
A wildfire near Colorado Springs grew to more than 6 square miles on Sunday after erupting just a day earlier and forcing evacuation for 11,000 residents, according to newspaper reports. Colorado is having its worst wildfire season in a decade, …
The parched conditions are worsening for much of Indiana, with a new report listing the state’s southwestern corner in extreme drought and nearly 80 percent of the state in at least moderate drought. The new U.S. Drought Monitor map released …
Ranchers in western Colorado are selling off cattle to avoid losing them to a severe drought. Livestock auctioneer Bill Martin of Loma says his auction barn usually sees between 200 and 400 cows a week, but this year the numbers …
Oklahoma and Texas have argued for years about which has the best college football team, whose oil fields produce better crude, even where the state border should run. But in a hot, sticky dispute that no one wants to win, …
Recent rainfall across much of West Texas has diminished to less than 2 percent the area of the state in the worst drought stage. Records show that hasn’t happened since March 2011. The U.S. Drought Monitor map released May 17 …
