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Drought: Farm
Contact the Farm Information Line with questions: 1-800-232-9077 or fil@umn.edu.
Agricultural business management
- How to market grain in a dry or drought year
- What can livestock producers do to protect against dry year costs?
- A flexible land rental agreement benefits in a dry year
- Resolving the inverse: drought and normal crop scenarios
- Disaster and crop insurance payments (135 K PDF)
Crops
- Potassium and dry soils
- Establishing a Better Understanding for 2013 Alfalfa Productivity Potential
- Federal crop insurance dates, definitions, and provisions for Minnesota crops (81 K PDF, prepared July 2012)
- Herbicide concerns after a drought
Other crops resources we recommend
- Drought – University of Wisconsin
- To rotate or not to rotate – what are you going to do in 2013? – University of Wisconsin
- Carryover concerns for 2013 – Iowa State University
- Herbicide concerns after a drought – North Dakota State University
- Managing soils under dry conditions – Iowa State University
- The 2012 drought and income tax deferral of crop insurance and/or disaster payments – Iowa State University
- Irrigation scheduling – North Dakota State University
- Several relevant videos from Purdue Extension
Forages
- Where to test forages for nitrates – The Ohio State University
- Getting the most from drought stressed forages – University of Wisconsin
- Livestock producers have options for dealing with forage shortage – North Dakota State University
- Dealing with drought: considerations for extending forage supplies for the dairy herd (38 KB PDF) – University of Kentucky
- Alternative feeds for cattle during drought – Colorado State University
