Tag: drought
Ohio farmers need more help to deal with drought: SWCD
Farmers in southeastern Ohio have been hauling water and feeding hay for months. The costs are piling up as their winter feed reserves dwindle.
How to manage impact of drought
Ohio State Extension educator David Marrison offers tips and tools for mitigating the financial impacts the 2024 Ohio drought has had on farms.
How to assess damage and help pastures recover from drought
Now is the time to assess pasture damage due to the severe drought and start making and implementing recovery plans.
Increased combine, field fire risk amid record drought
Ohio State College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences experts offer safety tips for farmers heading into harvest season amid extreme drought.
Caring for drought-stricken pastures
Learn how to evaluate and care for drought-stricken pastures.
FSA resources available for counties hit by drought
Counties in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania have been declared primary natural disaster areas due to drought, enabling them to get emergency credit.
Rain, rain, come again!
Jim Abrams shares the lasting effects of droughts on wildlife and their habitats.
Ohio State assists farmers following USDA natural disaster declaration
Ohio State University is intensifying its efforts to support farmers after the USDA declared 23 Ohio counties as natural disaster areas.
Assistance is available for drought-affected producers
The Livestock Forage Disaster Program provides compensation to eligible livestock producers who have suffered grazing losses for covered livestock.
Is late corn harvest a result of summer wildfires?
Many farmers are seeing a late corn harvest this year. Experts and farmers debate the causes of Ohio's late harvest including wildfire haze, cooler temperatures and drought.
