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“The low pregnancy rate issue in beef cows this fall seems to be pretty
pervasive but also varies from herd to herd,” says John Hall, University
of Idaho professor and beef extension specialist.
Idaho is suffering one of the state’s most extreme droughts since the 1920s, depleting the reservoirs, forcing producers to shut irrigation systems off early and households to conserve water usage – and forecasters predict the dry spell is likely to continue.
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David, Cassidy, Paul and Carrie discuss the end of 2021; and David chats with Oklahoma State's Derrell Peel about supply issues and inflation; Hector Menendez of South Dakota State introduces new model system thinking for event challenges such as drought. Cassidy shares the journey to adopting their family's first child.
It’s “officially fall” for most producers. The temperatures are dropping; calves are being weaned; culls are getting shipped; marketing plans are being executed.
Disclaimer: You might want to sit down before reading this. Or have a stiff drink in your hand.
That’s because you’re about to read the weather outlook – and it ain’t pretty.
An online tool is now available to help ranchers document and estimate payments to cover feed transportation costs caused by drought, which are now covered by the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP).
Apparently, surviving the Great Recession and a global pandemic isn’t enough. Our brothers and sisters out West are in a prolonged fight for their livelihoods and very lives.
This summer has been defined by the continuing drought across most of the West. Pastures are dry, fields are running out of water, hay prices are high and most of what is left for grazing has been stressed by our continued drought.
