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Nebraska farmers that typically receive decent precipitation throughout the growing season have had a dry year, depleting the subsoil moisture and causing D3 extreme and D4 exceptional drought.

A long dry spell in Michigan is causing crops to fall behind in maturity and grow unevenly. Recent rains, though, are keeping the crops from showing signs of drought stress.

After a dry winter, late spring storms have brought some drought relief to the Texas panhandle. With the wet weather, though, comes the loss of cotton for farmers in the area.

After three weeks of rainless forecasts, farmers in Pennsylvania are finally receiving much-needed precipitation to help their crops survive and alleviate the drought stress affecting the state.

Drought has caused hay supplies to fall to an all time low causing some Kansas cow/calf operators to have to cull their herd while others wonder if they’ll have to follow suit.

In less than a month, drought conditions have steadily worsened across Indiana, causing farmers concerns over whether they’ll get enough rain to keep crop yields high come harvest.

As the 2023 season continues, dry weather persists across the Midwest, causing farmers some concerns over whether they’ll have a crop come harvest.

Trent Ford, Illinois state climatologist, noted the potential for rapid on-set drought conditions as a result of the past few weeks without precipitation and little-to-no rain in the 7-day forecast.