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Congress extends farm bill, averts government shutdown

December 21, 2024

A short-term budget agreement passed by Congress early Saturday morning averted a government shutdown after a chaotic week in the U.S. House. In the process of passing the three-month agreement to continue funding the federal government until March 14, lawmakers also extended the 2018 farm bill for another full year. The agreement also provides more than $110 billion in disaster relief to areas still recovering from hurricanes, wildfires and floods.

3 Open Minutes with Dr. Lisa McCrea: A firsthand account of the 2021 British Columbia flooding

23,000 cows were affected by the 2021 floods in southern British Columbia. Farmers were without water and power for days, milking cows on generators. Identifying possible flood zones on farms and creating a plan of action can prevent damage during future events.

August 20, 2024

Matti McBride

Dr. Lisa McCrea, dairy veterinarian and partner at AgWest Veterinary Group, spoke at the Western Canadian Dairy Seminar (WCDS) in March and reflected upon the flooding that occurred in British Columbia because of an atmospheric river in November 2021 and how it affected the dairy industry there.

Managing forage in the face of more frequent extreme weather events

March 12, 2024

Joe Lawrence

The list of notable weather events in 2023 is long and varied — from drought conditions in parts of the Midwest, to extreme flooding in portions of New England, to smoky skies from Canadian wildfires.

California floods spell trouble for the future of the dairy industry

April 28, 2023

Brendan Black

Over the course of the past month, and likely for the next several years, California dairy farmers are having to make drastic adjustments to their operations.

Resiliency and recovery efforts in the face of devastating B.C. floods

December 10, 2021

Emma Ohirko

On the morning of Friday, Nov. 12, meteorologists began to issue warnings of an atmospheric river set to bring torrential rainfall to much of British Columbia’s Lower Mainland and interior.

Adverse weather impacts essential nutrient uptake

May 31, 2021

Melissa A. Bravo

The first extreme precipitation event of 2021 hit Tennessee the end of March with a 12-hour deluge delivering 4 to 8 inches of rain in a swath tracking northeasterly across the eastern side of the Ohio River Basin.

Staying above water

September 30, 2020

Sarah Drown

Water surged through H&D Tucker Farms where fields of crops once stood. Although the farm includes a mile of the Arkansas River, one might have thought it was much more by looking over the farm’s fields in June 2019.

5 adverse silage scenarios and how to deal with them

August 18, 2020

Emma Ohirko

When weather and growing conditions are less than ideal, it can be hard to know what steps to take to make the most of a subpar forage crop.

The muck of flooded fields

March 31, 2020

Nicole Richardson

In recent years, many in the Midwest U.S. have experienced wetter-than-normal conditions, causing headaches for many area farmers. Flood conditions bring more issues than just moisture; saturated situations can cause contaminants, alterations to the physical soil profile and a severe loss of nutrients.

‘This thing has long fingers’

June 24, 2019

Sherry Bunting

Losses lead to recovery and donations in aftermath of winter floods The losses are heartbreaking and the devastation staggering from the March blizzard meteorologists described as a bomb-cyclone, a hurricane over the Plains.

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Congress extends farm bill, averts government shutdown

3 Open Minutes with Dr. Lisa McCrea: A firsthand account of the 2021 British Columbia flooding

Managing forage in the face of more frequent extreme weather events

California floods spell trouble for the future of the dairy industry

Resiliency and recovery efforts in the face of devastating B.C. floods

Adverse weather impacts essential nutrient uptake

Staying above water

5 adverse silage scenarios and how to deal with them

The muck of flooded fields

‘This thing has long fingers’

Manure management and planning for the year ahead

Field scouting Idaho ag: 2024 in review

Progressive Events: Technology, AI and the dairy industry at nutrition field day

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