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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.
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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.