Posts Tagged ‘drought’
Seasonal climate outlook promising for drought-hit Northwest
From the Capital Press Washington and parts of Oregon and Idaho should receive above-normal amounts of rain in October through December, bringing relief to drought-stricken areas, according to the National…
Read MoreUSDA Designates 28 Washington Counties as Natural Disaster Areas
This Sept. 2 Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters…
Read MoreUSDA designates 8 Washington counties as natural disaster areas
This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency…
Read MoreCounties designated as natural disaster areas for drought
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, seven Washington state counties suffered from a drought intensity value during the growing season of D2-Drought-Severe for eight or more consecutive weeks or D3-Drought-Extreme…
Read MoreWA farmers brace for summer drought on heels of harvest shortfalls
From crosscut.com Andy Juris, a dryland wheat and alfalfa grower in Bickleton, in Klickitat County, knows precisely how much fertilizer to put on different areas of his farm. Juris needs…
Read MoreUSDA designates 5 Washington counties primary natural disaster areas for drought
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, the Washington counties of Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, Walla Walla, and Whitman suffered from a drought intensity value during the growing season of 1) D2…
Read MoreUS Plains farmers brace for historically poor winter wheat harvest
From agriculture.com Production prospects for the U.S. winter wheat crop are the worst in recent memory in core areas of the Great Plains following a three-year drought, farmers and crop…
Read MoreUSDA to provide $6 billion to farmers for disaster aid
Last month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that commodity and specialty crop producers impacted by natural disaster events in 2020 and 2021 will soon begin receiving emergency relief…
Read MoreWashington counties declared drought disaster areas
On April 29, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) designated nine Washington counties as primary natural disaster areas. Those counties are Adams, Asotin, Benton, Franklin, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Walla Walla…
Read MoreDryland growers asked to take drought survey
From the Washington State Department of Agriculture We would like to hear from you! On behalf of the Washington Soil Health Initiative (WaSHI), the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA)…
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