pasture land

The grazing season is coming to an end across much of the United States.  But for many, the pasture conditions look very good.  USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey took a look at the next-to-last pasture report for the season.   "A lot of areas across the plains and the Midwest and northeast have already had a killing freeze so we are down to our next to last pasture and rangeland condition report

The USDA reported a decline in the condition of the nation's pastures and rangeland this past week.   "We now see 40% rated good-to-excellent, 30% very poor-to-poor,” said USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey. So, he subtracted 1% from the good-to-excellent account and added 1% to the very poor-to-poor list.  Overall ...

When it comes to the condition of the nation's range and pasture lands, there are not that many trouble spots.  USDA Meteorologist Eric Luebehusen, said there are some places with pastures rated poor to very poor.     "Texas 42% poor to very poor.  They actuall...

Pasture land continues to show slight improvements over the past week.   "Overall good to excellent rating increasing three percentage points during the week, from 43% to 46% good to excellent, during the week ending May 20th.  The very poor to poor rating is down a point from 20% to 19%."]   ...