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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

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The resources on this page are national and/or regional in scope. Collections of farm and ranch practices and other resources that are more location-specific can be found on individual state planning pages

If you have additional or more recent information that should be listed with these resources, please email ndmc@unl.edu.

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Beef Magazine: Drought	More Info	Visit site
Drought Resistant Soil	More Info	Visit site
Drought Resources from Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN)	More Info	Visit site
Foreign Agricultural Service	More Info	Visit site
Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative	More Info	Visit site
Irrigation Association	More Info	Visit site
NASS: Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin	More Info	Visit site
National Agricultural Statistics Service	More Info	Visit site
National Association of Conservation Districts	More Info	Visit site
National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service: Drought Resource Guide	More Info	Visit site
Natural Resources Conservation Service	More Info	Visit site
Natural Resources Conservation Service: Prepare Your Farm or Ranch Before Drought Strikes	More Info	Visit site
Pest Management Strategic Plan for Rangeland Beef in Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming	More Info	Visit site
Rangelands West	More Info	Visit site
Risk Management Agency	More Info	Visit site
RMA Regional Office - Jackson, MS	More Info	Visit site
RMA Regional Office - Billings, MT	More Info	Visit site
RMA Regional Office - Davis, CA	More Info	Visit site
RMA Regional Office - Oklahoma City, OK	More Info	Visit site
RMA Regional Office - Raleigh, NC	More Info	Visit site
RMA Regional Office - Spokane, WA	More Info	Visit site
RMA Regional Office - Springfield, IL	More Info	Visit site
RMA Regional Office - St. Paul, MN	More Info	Visit site
RMA Regional Office - Topeka, KS	More Info	Visit site
RMA Regional Office - Valdosta, GA	More Info	Visit site
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education	More Info	Visit site
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.	More Info	Visit site
U.S. Bureau of Land Management	More Info	Visit site
United States Department of Agriculture	More Info	Visit site
USDA Farm Service Agency	More Info	Visit site
USDA: Office of the Chief Economist	More Info	Visit site
Western Sustainability Exchange	More Info	Visit site

A Crop-Specific Drought Index for Corn: II. Application in Drought Monitoring and Assessment	More Info
Agricultural Producers of Howard County, Nebraska: Perceptions of Drought Mitigation and Response	More Info
An Agricultural Drought Risk-Assessment Model for Corn and Soybeans	More Info
An Operational Agricultural Drought Risk Assessment Model for Nebraska, USA.	More Info
Assessing Vulnerability to Agricultural Drought: A Nebraska Case Study	More Info
Crop-Specific Drought Index for Corn: I. Model Development and Validation	More Info
Development of the Soil Moisture Index to Quantify Agricultural Drought and Its User Friendliness in Severity-Area-Duration Assessment	More Info
Drought Management on Range and Pastureland: A handbook for Nebraska and South Dakota	More Info	Visit site
Enhancing sustainable livelihoods in drought-prone areas of Mudzi and Gwanda	More Info	Visit site
Modification of a Crop-Specific Drought Index for Simulating Corn Yield in Wet Years	More Info
Preseason Precipitation Probabilities As an Aid to Corn Planting Decisions	More Info
Spatial Representation of Agroclimatology in a Study of Agricultural Drought	More Info
The Potential Effects of Climate Change on Summer Season Dairy Cattle Milk Production and Reproduction	More Info
The Relationship of Climatic Indices and Variables to Corn (Maize) Yields: a Principal Components Analysis	More Info
Understanding Farmers' Forecast Use From Their Beliefs, Values, Social Norms, and Perceived Obstacles	More Info
Understanding the Influence of Climate Forecasts on Farmer Decisions As Planned Behavior	More Info
Using NOAA AVHRR Data to Estimate Maize Production in the United States Corn Belt	More Info


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		Drought Resistant Soil Drought Resources from Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) Natural Resources Conservation Service: Prepare Your Farm or Ranch Before Drought Strikes

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