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About the Northern Plains Climate Hub

Welcome to the Northern Plains Hub, where our purpose is to deliver science-based knowledge, practical information, management & conservation strategies, and decision tools to farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners that will help them adapt to weather variability and changing climatic conditions.
Tools and Resources in Development
We are working for you! Follow the progress of tools and resources that the USDA Northern Plains Climate Hub (NPCH) and partners are developing for our many stakeholders.
Building Resilience in Agriculture
Is weather variability within or across years causing challenges on your operation? Are you thinking about possible risks and opportunities in a changing climate?
Current Drought Map
The U.S. Drought Monitor is produced through a partnership between the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Recent Additions

No-Till: From Science to Practice

No-till is not a new concept — in fact, it has been a management practice for several decades, but perhaps gained the most momentum since the USDA NRCS initiated their soil health campaign in 2012. However, adopting a new management practice is no small…

Northern Plains Contributions: Vulnerability Assessment of US Agriculture and Forests developed by the USDA Climate Hubs

The USDA Northern Plains Climate Hub (NPCH) contributed three articles to the "Vulnerability Assessment of US Agriculture and Forests developed by the USDA Climate Hubs" -- a special issue of the journal of Climatic Change (January 2018, Volume…

Hailey Wilmer, Northern Plains Climate Hub Fellow

Hailey Wilmer is a transdisciplinary social-ecological researcher. She specializes in applied and co-developed research on working rangeland landscapes. Her work seeks to bolster managers’ capacity to achieve multiple management goals, such as enhanced…

Grass-Cast: Grassland Productivity Forecast

Grass-Cast indicates for ranchers and rangeland managers what productivity is likely to be in the upcoming growing season relative to their own county’s 34-year history

New Maps From USDA Help Ranchers Find Greener Pastures

Each spring, ranchers across the Eastern Plains look at their land and ask an important question: How much green can they expect this season?


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