Archive for the "U.S. drought monitor" Tag

The extreme drought impacting much of the Western U.S. last year is growing in severity as 2022 continues. According to the U.S. […]

Drought conditions in the Western U.S. have intensified according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor report, with the driest conditions being reported […]

The USDA stepped in this week to authorize 1,021 counties for emergency haying and grazing through the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Using […]

Drought conditions are causing Western U.S farmers to alter planting plans in big ways — some replacing water-dependent crops altogether. California crop […]

An active weather week delivered in excess of 10 inches of precipitation to parts of Texas, helping that state show improvements in […]

A day before this week’s U.S. Drought Monitor showed the advancement of drought conditions in parts of the western U.S. and northern […]

The dominant crop weather story heading into the weekend is one of precipitation and resulting soil moisture extremes: They’re reaching dire levels […]

A relatively quiet weather weekend will usher in an active pattern for much of the U.S. As high pressure relents, chances are […]

A large, slow-moving weather system that moved from the southwestern U.S. through the Plains and eastward delivered some much-needed precipitation, and that […]

While drought conditions are still common from the High Plains west, the system that moved through the country last week and earlier […]