USDA Reports
Ohio organizations team up to help southern Ohio producers through drought
Brownfield Ag NewsFri Sep 13, 2:24PM CDT
Ohio ag organizations have launched the Ohio Hay Directory to help farmers hit by drought. Jeff Duling is the president of the Ohio Federation of Soil and Water Conservation Districts. “Their pastures are burning up. There’s no grass to feed their cattle, so now they’re using their hay that they...
Brownfield Ag Weather Today
Brownfield Ag NewsFri Sep 13, 5:52AM CDT
The National Hurricane Center forecasts the remnants of Francine to drift northward, with storm dissipation likely to occur over the northern Mississippi Delta by Friday. Additional Southeastern rainfall, extending as far north as the lower Ohio Valley, should total 3 to 6 inches, with locally higher amounts. In hard-hit areas...
Drought situation intensifies in Eastern Corn Belt
Brownfield Ag NewsThu Sep 12, 1:04PM CDT
A climatologist says he’s concerned about the severity of drought conditions in parts of the Eastern Corn Belt. Eric Hunt with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln says a large portion of Ohio is in desperate need of rain. “We’ve seen very widespread and intense drought formation across parts of Appalachia including...
Ohio farmer calls harvest unpredictable amidst historic drought conditions
Brownfield Ag NewsTue Sep 10, 11:42AM CDT
A southwestern Ohio farmer says harvest activity is in full swing. Eric Tipton says challenges this year are making it unpredictable. “In this particular field that I’m in, you can see anything from some of the some of the best corn we’ve raised to stuff that’s in the 100 and...
Dry conditions negatively affecting Ohio crops
Brownfield Ag NewsMon Sep 9, 3:26PM CDT
Dry conditions continue to negatively affect Ohio crops. According to the latest crop progress and conditions report from the USDA, corn is rated 49 percent good to excellent with 95 percent in the dough stage, 78 percent dented, and 28 percent mature. Soybeans are rated 47 percent good to excellent,...
Great Lakes watching for waterspout outbreak as chilly air mass moves in
Fox WeatherFri Sep 6, 7:06PM CDT
CLEVELAND – Weather watchers along the Great Lakes will have their best chance of the year so far to spot a waterspout as an autumnal air mass overtakes the warm bodies of water.The International Centre for Waterspout Research warns that conditions will be most favorable over Lakes Huron and Erie,...
Ohio drought leads to disaster declaration by the USDA
Brownfield Ag NewsFri Sep 6, 1:02PM CDT
The USDA FSA has declared a federal emergency in several Ohio counties due to extreme drought conditions. Fayette county farmer Eric Tipton says conditions continue to worsen. “I don’t think we’re as bad off precipitation wise, but we surely could use a drink,” he says. Ohio’s state climatologist Aaron Wilson...
Much cooler, with an early-Autumn feel across most of the Heartland
Brownfield Ag NewsFri Sep 6, 12:14PM CDT
Across the Corn Belt, a cold front stretching from the lower Great Lakes region into the middle Mississippi Valley is producing only a few showers. However, the front separates late-season warmth in the Ohio Valley from unusually cool conditions in the Great Lakes region. With Friday’s high temperatures expected to...