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Harvest 2018 Nears the Goal Line

For the week ending November 25, USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service reported that Nebraska's harvest was nearly done. 
  • Corn harvested was 94%, near 96% last year and 97% for the five-year average.
  • Sorghum harvested was 95%, equal to last year, and near 98% average.
Winter wheat condition rated 2% very poor, 7% poor, 25% fair, 46% good, and 20% excellent. Pasture and range conditions rated 2% very poor, 3% poor,  22% fair, 66% good, and 7% excellent.
 
Topsoil moisture supplies rated 1% very short, 4% short, 88% adequate, and 7% surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 1% very short, 9% short, 85% adequate, and 5% surplus.
 

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EP 65 Grazing Through Drought

Video: EP 65 Grazing Through Drought

Welcome to the conclusion of the Getting Through Drought series, where we look at the best management practices cow-calf producers in Alberta can use to build up their resiliency against drought.

Our hope is that the series can help with the mental health issues the agriculture sector is grappling with right now. Farming and ranching are stressful businesses, but that’s brought to a whole new level when drought hits. By equipping cow-calf producers with information and words of advice from colleagues and peers in the sector on the best ways to get through a drought, things might not be as stressful in the next drought. Things might not look so bleak either.

In this final episode of the series, we are talking to Ralph Thrall of McIntyre Ranch who shares with us his experience managing grass and cows in a pretty dry part of the province.