Rangeland Management
PRF insurance is a risk management tool for 2013
The USDA Risk Management Agency has changed the Pasture Rangeland Forage (PRF) Insurance program for the 2013 crop year to include Nebraska in a Rainfall Index (RI) area.
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Controlling next year’s weeds begins with fall inventory
Although it is too late to spray for most summer pasture weeds, agricultural producers can act now to improve their weed control program for next year by taking a weed inventory.
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High wildfire risk between Fort Worth and San Antonio
Many areas of Texas remained hot and dry, and though fuel loads may not be as high as last year, the risk of wildfire is building.
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Pasture management after wildfire
Drought conditions in 2012 have greatly increased the incidence of wildfires affecting range and pasturelands.
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Forage drought recovery: Looking back, planning ahead
So far 2012 has been a better year climate-wise than 2011. However, the full impact of the 2011 drought on warm-season forages was not fully realized until the early spring and summer of 2012.
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Continuing repercussions of the 2011 drought
I don’t like talking about the “D-word,” but the effects of the 2011 drought will be felt for years to come throughout the Southern Great Plains and the Southwest due to its severity.
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Drought Monitor: Hot, dry weather replaces early weak cool front
A cool front brought showers and thunderstorms to the central and northern Plains and Upper Midwest early during this U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) week, but it weakened as it scraped against high pressure over the eastern U.S., dropping minimal precipitation in the Ohio Valley. Another front brought limited rain later in the period.
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Texas crop, weather: Many areas backsliding into drought
While crops were doing reasonably well in Central Texas, much of the rest of the state is backsliding into drought pretty quickly, said a Texas AgriLife Extension Service expert.
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Drought still affecting this year’s grasshopper population
Last year’s drought is the most likely reason producers are seeing more grasshoppers and fewer honeybees this year, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service expert.
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Early spring means cutting hay early
Now is the time to start cutting hay, North Dakota State University livestock and rangeland specialists advise.
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Drought Monitor: Rains in Georgia, cold front hits Midwest
Early in the week, Tropical Depression Beryl tracked northeastward from southern Georgia to along the Georgia and Carolina coasts before moving into the open waters of the Atlantic.
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- U.S. May consumer sentiment highest in nearly 6 years
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- New school lunch beef recipes win approval from kids, foodservice
- Drier weather to give big boost to U.S. corn plantings
- Prices for corn and soybeans, five years from now
- Agriculture is expected to remain strong in the coming decade
- What sick day? Farmers take just three a year
- Senate Agriculture Committee completes Farm Bill markup
