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.)

Great Plains still feeling drought stress

Hay market report

More drought improvement than deterioration across US last week

Young dairy producer building connections and demand

Dry, warmer temperatures prevail in High Plains

Purdue, USDA release online freeze-date tool for specialty crop growers in 25 states

Record-breaking rainfall significantly improves drought conditions in the South

Central Plains, Midwest see severe weather, heavy rainfall

  • By By David Simeral, Western Regional Climate Center