Drought hindered growth of corn, cattle sales in southeast Oregon
8/15/2021 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
Relief, Response & Restrictions
AFFECTED AREAS:
Harney County, OR
Malheur County, OR
Start Date: 7/9/2021
- End Date: 8/9/2021
Drought prevented corn from growing very tall, leaving Oregon farmers to cut it with a draper head. With no hay, ranchers continued selling cattle. One rancher in southeast Oregon had to pull his cattle off federal BLM land more than a month early.
On top of the challenges that drought brings, there are grasshoppers eating everything and will even eat cow manure when that is the only thing left to eat. It’s too late to spray for grasshoppers—there is a certain window of time when the spray kills the grasshoppers, but that window has closed.
AgWeb (Mexico, Mo.), Aug 9, 2021
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