by Walt Fick, Extension Rangeland Specialist
Drought in the Great Plains is a normal occurrence and inevitable. Drought occurs when an area receives less than 75% normal precipitation. Kansas is likely to have a drought 3 out of 10 years. When 2021 began, over 81% of the state was experiencing some level of drought. In the last report from the U.S. Drought Monitor (https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu), only western Kansas, or about 36% of the state, was experiencing abnormally dry to severe drought conditions (Figure 1). Continue reading “Ranch management and drought monitoring”
