[Vision2020] 6-10-21: DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE, WA

[Ted Moffett]

NWSChat - NOAA's National Weather Service
<https://nwschat.weather.gov/p.php?pid=202106101810-KOTX-AXUS76-DGTOTX>

A few excerpts from information at web site above copied below:

SEVERE DROUGHT (D2) SPANS ACROSS DOUGLAS,

FERRY, STEVENS AND PEND OREILLE COUNTIES IN WASHINGTON AND INCLUDES

BOUNDARY, BONNER, KOOTENAI, BENEWAH, LATAH, NEZ PERCE AND LEWIS

COUNTIES IN THE IDAHO PANHANDLE.

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IN WHITMAN COUNTY, PRODUCERS WERE CONCERNED THAT PASTURE WOULD DRY
BEFORE GROWING AND BEING USED. SPRING WHEAT IS IN WORSE SHAPE THAN
WINTER WHEAT. SOME FARMERS ARE TALKING ABOUT ABORTING THEIR CROPS
AND NOT HARVESTING.

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IN ASOTIN COUNTY, PRODUCERS ARE UNABLE TO BUY CATTLE HAY AND ARE
RETAINING THE BULK OF HAY FOR THEIR OWN CATTLE.  THERE WILL BE A
SEVERE HAY SHORTAGE. PASTURES HAVE DRIED UP AND ONLY HAD ABOUT 30%
OF THEIR NORMAL YIELD, WHERE PASTURES NORMALLY HOLD OUT TILL MID
JUNE. THEY ARE IMPORTING HAY FROM OUTSIDE THE REGION TO FEED COWS OR
FORCED TO SELL THIS YEAR'S SLAUGHTER ANIMALS EARLY DUE TO LACK OF
FEED.  SEVERAL SPRINGS FOR OUR CATTLE HAVE UNDER PRODUCED AND
ADDITIONAL WATER IS HAULED IN TO SUPPLEMENT THE SPRINGS.


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