…storms towards the United States. That makes prognosticating the weather much easier. But, without El Nino, we’re left with The Old Farmer’s Almanac and grandpa’s bad knees to tell us…
Farm and Biofuels Groups Urge EPA to Comply With Federal Court Decision
…biofuels and farm groups want a more permanent approach to meeting fuel shortfalls in the wake of Harvey and other storms. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
U.S. Winter Wheat Harvest Forecast Improves
…by wheat streak mosaic disease, brutal hail storms, and that poorly-timed late spring snowstorm. “We could have been looking at another phenomenal crop in western Kansas if not for disease…
Agri View: Big Difference in Climate Change
…centuries. So has La Niña’s and El Niño’s. Several storms and extended droughts have been more common in the last decade than most of us remember. These weather system that…
Agri View: Weather Costly to Producers
…have experienced crop losses well above the normal. A record number of tornadoes, what we now call straight line wind storms, have pounded Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Each state…
Agri View: Damaging Weather
…the warmest winter we have had across the south, which is from Georgia to Arizona, since 1917. I do know that a record number of destructive storms, and tornadoes, have…
Animal Rights Groups Want Dead Animal Payments Stopped
…result of bad weather. Politico’s Morning Agriculture Report says the group has sent a petition to Sonny Perdue ahead of his confirmation as Ag Secretary. Severe storms and heat have…
State Water Project Deliveries Increased
…storms developed. In step with this allocation increase, DWR announced that repairs have been completed to the intake structure at Clifton Court Forebay, a reservoir feeding the Delta pumps that…
State Releases Plan to Make Water Conservation a Way of Life
…in state history, while this winter’s storms created one of the highest precipitation totals in the last 150 years. Recognizing these long-term risks, the plan seeks to move the state…
Agri View: Changing Weather
…a long time. But, with it came more bad weather than normal. More storms, tornadoes and heavier rains than we are normally used to. More than one report indicated that…
Winter Plant Damage
…weather the storms. “for the most part our plants are going to come through just fine.” Kansas State University Horticulture Expert Dennis Patton says some plants may look brown and…
Snowpack Water Content Remains Far above Average
…or 185 percent of the March 1 average (24.6 inches). On January 1 before a series of January storms, the SWE of the statewide snowpack was 6.5 inches, just 64…
FCFB: No Water Announcement Is ‘Completely Unacceptable’
…shortage. Most farmers and ranchers with surface supplies will experience an increased water allocation as a result of these storms’ resurgences across the state.” “While the short-term relief of this…
Almond Matters: On The Verge of PTB Movement
…said. Lopez predicted that will come in a week or two depending on the weather. Rains haven’t changed the timing of PTB emergence as Lopez said the storms over the…