Summary: This "eFieldbook" provides a complete set of resources, tools, and information to help users understand and develop "Resilient Agriculture: Weather Ready Farms" programs.

Cover crop seedlings coming up in healthy soil with a wheat stubble residue cover. Paul Hetland farms in western Davison and eastern Aurora Counties in South Dakota with this field in a corn, soybean, ...

Flood damage on the Bill Luckey Farm, Columbus, Nebraska, March 2019. Click on the image for a larger view and source information. Source : Flickr . Image: U. S. Department of A ...

View of the Lolo Peak Fire smoke plume from Missoula, Montana, at sunset, August 2017. Click on the image for a larger view and source information. Source : . Wikimedia Commons. Image: M ...

Grain harvest in Montana. Click on the image for a larger view and source information. Source : Flickr . Image: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Montana, public domai ...

Published : . February 2019. This drought assessment report spans a Northern Great Plains region that includes North Dakota, South Dakota, and eastern Montana. It begins with an exami ...

Published : . May 2019. The 2017 drought was a rapid-onset event for northeast Montana, the Dakotas, and the Canadian Prairies during the spring and summer of 2017. It was the worst d ...

Summary: Rising temperatures and changes in extreme weather events are having impacts on some agricultural systems in parts of the Northern Great Plains, but a longer frost-free season could benefit others. Agricultural operations can manage climate risk and enhance adaptive capacity by following a stepwise process that determines vulnerability to extreme weather and the changing climate.

Let's take a tour through North America's summer monsoon, a critical source of rainfall for the U.S. Southwest and Mexico.

International report confirms 2020 was among three warmest years on record.