The Cattle Business Weekly

Fall Rains Needed

  Curtis Riganti National Drought Mitigation Center Recent precipitation in parts of the High Plains and West led to improvements for the northern Colorado Front Range into the southeast half of Wyoming, and in portions of New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and Oregon. Continual dry weather led to worsening conditions in northern Montana and adjacent western North Dakota, where abnormal dryness and moderate and severe drought expanded in coverage. Here’s a closer look at how September ended, and October began for cattle producers located in the middle of the U.S. High Plains Mostly warmer-than-normal temperatures occurred across the High Plains last...

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