They help validate that map. They help make sure that it's as ... An average of more than $25 million in USDA drought relief is paid to producers a week using drought monitor data.

Emergency Livestock Relief Program payments will be automatically distributed to eligible producers to cover grazing losses ...

When you compare the March 14 map with the one issued ... by a team of scientists at the USDA, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration and the National Drought Mitigation Center at the ...

“The drought affected over half of the counties ... Lincoln and Franklin. You can view the map from the USDA below. “A Secretarial disaster designation makes farm operators in primary counties ...

Other threats to plant survival that are currently increasing in our region, and which are ignored by the USDA hardiness map, include less reliable precipitation, as our weather is tending to veer ...

BECAUSE A LOT OF MONEY IS RIDING ON THAT MAP WEEK IN, WEEK OUT. THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR IS IMPORTANT TO AG PRODUCERS BECAUSE IT TRIGGERS AN AVERAGE OF MORE THAN $25 MILLION OF USDA DROUGHT RELIEF ...