2014-2023: Nebraska pastureland conditions in June

Climate change exacerbates drought conditions, and makes feeding beef cattle more complicated for producers.

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By averaging June poor and very poor pastureland conditions as defined by the USDA separately, Investigate Midwest then summed these conditions to provide a snapshot of June grazing conditions for the past decade.

Chart: John McCracken, Investigate MidwestSource: USDAGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper