Insights and Stories on Drought

Importance placed on cow herd size questioned

Jun. 23, 2025 at 9:56 am CDT

The number of cows in the provincial herd is not necessarily the best measure of a successful industry, yet that is the focus of public policy, says the Sask. Stock Growers Assoc.

‘Amber waves of grain’ recede in America’s heartland as wheat farmers struggle

Jun. 20, 2025 at 10:00 am CDT

By Emily Schmall Reuters

A man walks in an empty Ein al-Fejeh spring basin, in Damascus countryside, Syria, May 12, 2025.

Barren fields, dry wells: after war, drought ravages Syrian farms

Jun. 17, 2025 at 10:31 am CDT

By Nazih Osseiran Reuters

This field southeast of Delisle, Sask., could use some moisture soon to help out the recently-emerged red lentil crop.

Drought developing in northern Saskatchewan agricultural region

May. 28, 2025 at 1:41 pm CDT

By Robert Arnason

Cloudy sky over dry Saskatchewan sage brush or field

Transition to drought expected to be swifter this year

Mar. 20, 2025 at 10:28 am CDT

By Greg Price

Drought may be new normal for beef cattle producers

Feb. 21, 2025 at 9:52 am CST

Glacier FarmMedia – The 2020s did come in with a roar, but not the kind people hoped for, as drought has plagued much of Western Canada since 2021. The pastures were dry across the Prairies, the grass brittle, more brown than green. Dugouts ran dry and in some areas, hay […]

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Return of US drought delays cattle-herd rebuilding, hurting Tyson Foods

Nov. 12, 2024 at 11:32 am CST

The return of drought in U.S. cattle-producing areas is delaying ranchers' plans to expand production after the nation's herd shrank to its smallest level in seven decades, farmers and analysts said.

By Heather Schlitz Julie Ingwersen Reuters

River level at Amazon rainforest port hits 122-year low amid drought

Oct. 4, 2024 at 11:52 am CDT

The river port in the Amazon rainforest's largest city of Manaus on Friday hit its lowest level since 1902, as a drought drains waterways and snarls transport of grain exports and essential supplies that are the region's lifeline.

By Bruno Kelly Jake Spring Reuters

Argentine farmers abandon some wheat fields, hope for rain

Sep. 19, 2024 at 4:11 pm CDT

Argentine farmers have begun abandoning some wheat fields due to an extended lack of rainfall in certain parts of its agricultural heartland, the Buenos Aires grains exchange said in a weekly report on Thursday.

By Reuters

Drought dominates Ukrainian winter grain sowing fields, forecasters say

Sep. 4, 2024 at 9:05 am CDT

Kyiv | Reuters – Ukrainian farmers have started sowing winter grain crops for the 2025 harvest, but the availability of moisture in the soil in most regions of Ukraine is extremely low, state weather forecasters said on Wednesday. In recent years, Ukraine has often experienced a lack of soil moisture […]

By Pavel Polityuk

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