Coping with Drought
This page is designed as a quick reference to information related to coping with drought conditions in South Carolina. Your comments are welcomed and encouraged as we at Clemson University strive to provide beneficial programs. If you have a comment or request, please submit it and it will be addressed as quickly as possible. (Email Howard van Dijk)
Extension agents and specialists are available to provide confidential individual farm financial and marketing analysis concerning farm operations . This analysis can significantly strengthen current and future decisions on farm management and marketing. Individuals requesting this assistance should contact their County Extension Office.
Contents:
Animal Management & Feed
Families, Stress, & Financial
Feeds - Forage & Marketing
Irrigation & Water
Lawn & Gardens
General Drought Information
Other States Drought Information
Animal Management & Feed
Beef
- Drought Calf Management - MMM 372
- Drought Management for Beef Cattle - MMM 367
- Heat stress and beef production
- Herd Management During a Drought - MMM 369
- Plan your grazing
- Protecting Livestock from Heat Stress - MMM 371
- Reduce nutritional needs
- Use alternative feeds
Dairy
- Dairy feeding reminders
- Dairy problems with feedstuffs and nitrate
- Heat stress and milk production
- Keeping dairy cows cool
- New SCC standards
- Reducing heat stress on dairy cows
General
[return to top of page]Families, Stress, & Financial
- Being Resourceful About Stress
- Building Family Strengths - Communication
- Building Family Strengths - Overview
- Building Family Strengths - Unity
- Enhancing Family Strengths
- From Family Stress to Family Strengths
- Living With Less
- Resolving Family Conflicts
- Stress Management for the Health of It
- Stress Management - Taking Charge
- Taking Charge in Challenging Times
- Understanding Depression - Yours and Theirs
Feeds - Forage & Marketing
Feeds & Forage
- Alternate Hay and Feed Sources
- Aflatoxin in preharvest corn
- Common Poisoning Problems Under Drought Conditions - MMM 373
- Drought feeding Strategies for Livestock - MMM 370
- Herbicide restrictions on feeding soybean forage or hay to livestock
- Nitrate poisoning
- Rotational crop restrictions for corn herbicides
- When to harvest drought-damaged crops and planting winter annuals
Marketing
- A Put Option alternative for Marketing Lightweight Calves - MMM 379
- Drought Tax Issues for Beef Cattle Producers - MMM 377
- Emergency Loan Assistance - MMM 376
- Is This the Time to Buy Stockers?- MMM 374
- Marketing Lightweight Calves: Cash market Alternatives - MMM 378
- Retained Ownership: A Drought Alternative - MMM 368
- Retained Ownership: An Alternative For Low Prices? - MMM 339
- Retained Ownership: An Alternative for Heavy Calves - MMM 375
Irrigation & Water
- Agricultural Irrigation Systems
- Irrigation Needs and Water Bill Surprises
- Livestock Water Needs
- Water Quick Facts
Lawn & Gardens
- Gardeners Need to Consider Watering the Lawn
- Irrigation Needs and Water Bill Surprises
- Watering is Only Option for Gardens
General Drought Information
- Climate Prediction Center: Weekly reports
- Crop Weather Reports (USDA NASS)
- National Climatic Data Center
- National Disaster Handbook - Drought Information
- National Drought Mitigation Center - from the University of Nebraska
- Drought Mitigation for Agriculture Producers (Farmers)
- NOAA Drought Information Center
- SC Office of Climatology
- US Global Change Research Information Office (GCRIO)
- Water Resources of South Carolina
- Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin
- Color Map
Other States Drought Information
- Georgia Drought Page
- Florida Drought Information
- Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences Drought Information
- Texas A & M Drought Resources
- University of Colorado’s Natural Disaster Center
- University of Wisconsin Extension Disaster Handbook for Extension Agents
- USDA Disaster Assistance Links
Links are provided as an information service. They do not constitute an endorsement of any non-affiliated organizations, businesses, products or content of these pages by the Cooperative Extension Service, CU Livestock-Poultry Health, or Clemson University.