Texas Panhandle Suffers Historic Rainfall Event

While parts of Texas suffer drought conditions, historic rainfall hit the Panhandle hard over the holiday weekend. Flash flooding trapped cattle and flooded feedyards where 8 inches of rain fell in May alone. The Memorial Day weekend kicked off with a whopping 2.45 inches of rain in just 40 minutes. The flat topography and virtually no warning of such a rain event meant heavy impacts on residential areas as well as agricultural production.

The Texas Panhandle is one of the largest cattle-producing areas in the country. While total losses have yet to be quantified, there are expected to be both production and performance losses. However, the flooding shouldn’t create a significant impact on cattle supply long-term.

Read more on the Panhandle’s historic rainfall here.