Drought conditions have impacted southern crop planting and USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey provided an overview of those conditions. Rippey said, “Core drought areas include the southern United States, portions of the Great Plains, and extending into the western United States. If you look at the regions, the southeast region, we are seeing at this time, not only do we have 99 percent …
Extreme Drought Impacting Nearly Half of the Country
Agricultural producers across the country are dealing with drought conditions with the Southeast dealing with exceptional and extreme drought. USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey provides details on these conditions. Rippey said, “If you include the abnormally dry conditions, D0, and add that to the drought, we have surpassed 80% of the country in either D0 or one to four drought categories, D1 to …


