Wheat Belt News

No Relief In Sight for Drought-Stricken Plains States

Dry weather should continue through at least the end of January in the drought-stricken U.S. Plains and a blast of Arctic cold air in the Midwest early next week poses a threat to unprotected livestock and possibly some wheat, an …

Drought-Ridden Wheat Belt Declared Disaster; Record Crop Insurance Claims Seen

The government declared much of the central and southern U.S. Wheat Belt a natural disaster area on Wednesday due to persistent drought that imperils this year’s winter wheat harvest. In its first disaster declaration of the new year, the Agriculture …