hurricanes

Crops, Disaster, economy, Government, Lacey Vilhauer, USDA

Stage two of USDA’s Supplemental Disaster Relief Program open for enrollment 

The second stage of the USDA Supplemental Disaster Relief Program is available for enrollment and USDA will extend aid for uninsured crop losses to disaster events in 2023 and 2024.  Read More

Satellite image of Hurricane Delta, taken Oct. 9 2020. (Image courtesy NOAA)
Agronomics, Crops, research

Tropical systems spin up Mid-South crop insurance rates

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)
Drought, Drought Monitor, Weather

Beneficial rains hit parts of the Plains



Low-lying land areas are more susceptible to flooding. Brandon Dominguez, DVM, said the first step in hurricane preparation with livestock should be to identify low-lying, flood-risk land and a high-ground evacuation area. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Keep livestock safe during hurricane season with an emergency plan

  • By Ashley Vargo │ Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service