Reports out of the Western Corn Belt point to a drought pattern that isn’t letting up. That matters in Montana even if the worst of the dryness is centered farther east, because the Corn Belt drives national feed availability, freight flows, and price signals that reach every sale barn and hay stack in the state. […]
Reports from ag meteorologists watching the central U.S. indicate drought has been hanging on across parts of the western Corn Belt, with limited signs of a quick turnaround. While that geography is outside Montana, the same large-scale weather patterns that keep Nebraska and the Dakotas dry can also influence moisture tracks into the Northern Rockies […]