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US Drought Monitor Category Shift by Ag County

Weekly D0-D4 drought category area (%) for named corn/soy/wheat/cattle counties

Feed detail
Measures
Weekly D0-D4 drought category area (%) for named corn/soy/wheat/cattle counties
Source
US Drought Monitor (droughtmonitor.unl.edu) GIS/CSV export
Access
csv
Cadence
weeklyupdates roughly weekly
Thesis
County-level drought category upgrades in key ag belts lead USDA crop condition ratings and futures moves by days
Maps to
corn, soybean, wheat, live cattle futures
Crowdedness
contested
Tier
tA
Ban-risk
ban:none
Where this stands

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