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Planning for the upcoming grazing season is important and should include factors such as estimated stocking rates, time of grazing for specific pastures, as well as contingency plans in the event of dry conditions.
Dry, Wet, or Average: Planning for the Grazing Season

Planning for the upcoming grazing season is important and should include factors such as estimated stocking rates, time of grazing for specific pastures, as well as contingency plans in the event of dry conditions.

Especially in times of drought or emergency feeding, producers have to consider which is more efficient to feed the herd: drylot feeding or hauling purchased forage.
Is It More Efficient to Move the Cows Or Move the Feed?

Especially in times of drought or emergency feeding, producers have to consider which is more efficient to feed the herd: drylot feeding or hauling purchased forage.

Nationally, Pasture and Range Begin the Year Struggling
Nationally, Pasture and Range Begin the Year Struggling

Pasture and range conditions opened this season with the U.S. having 20% rated as being in poor and very poor condition.

Is it Too Hot to Work Calves?
Is it Too Hot to Work Calves?

“Is the temperature and humidity going to kill these cattle this afternoon if we work them?”

Longer-term forecasts will benefit agriculture and natural resource management.
Drought Swells in Plains as Producers Fear Repeat of 2011

Before too long, May will be over, and cattle producers in the Plains are concerned about summer grazing prospects.

The Mallard Fire has burned just over 116 sq. miles of primarily pasture land 25 miles southeast from Amarillo, Texas in the past week and is still burning.
Texas Panhandle Wildfire Burns 74,000-acres

The Mallard Fire has burned just over 116 sq. miles of primarily pasture land 25 miles southeast from Amarillo, Texas in the past week and is still burning.

Grazing Conditions in Flint Hills Look Fair Following April Showers
Grazing Conditions in Flint Hills Look Fair Following April Showers

The Flint Hills region of Kansas is receiving stocker cattle following timely rains in April that are helping boost grass growing conditions.

Wildfires in northwest Oklahoma caused more than $26 million in damages for cattle ranchers after burning nearly 350,000 acres this April.
Oklahoma Wildfires Cause $26 Million in Damages for Cattle Ranchers

Wildfires in northwest Oklahoma caused more than $26 million in damages for cattle ranchers after burning nearly 350,000 acres this April.