# Here’s One Way Satellite Observations Can Alert Farmers and Ranchers to Impending Flash Droughts | NESDIS | National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

> NOAA's NESDIS published a piece on using satellite observations to detect flash droughts, a rapid onset drought that can strip pasture within weeks. The article cites University of Wisconsin research on the 2012 Midwest flash drought.

- Date: 2019-03-18 · published 2019-03-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59920-here-s-one-way-satellite-observations-can-alert-farmers-and-ranchers-to
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Earlier flash drought warning could help ranchers avoid forced livestock sales that depress cattle prices, but this is a research and tools update rather than a current supply shock.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: neutral
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2021-05-29 | [Brazil on drought alert, faces worst dry spell in 91 years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46926-brazil-on-drought-alert-faces-worst-dry-spell-in-91-years.md) | +0.4% | +4.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-05-29 | [Tariff Tangles Ignored: Why Corn and Soybeans Are Sticking to Weather, Not Washington, for Price Direction](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24701-tariff-tangles-ignored-why-corn-and-soybeans-are-sticking-to-weather-not.md) | +1.7% | +3.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-08-21 | [Livestock Wx for 8/21/20: Predicting derechos; La Niña odds influence Sep-Oct-Nov outlook - Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51522-livestock-wx-for-8-21-20-predicting-derechos-la-nina-odds-influence-sep-oct-nov.md) | -1.2% | -2.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2023-08-07 | [El Niño: Anticipatory Action and Response Plan, August-December 2023 - Mitigating the expected impacts of El Niño-induced climate extremes on agriculture and food security - World \| ReliefWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34472-el-nino-anticipatory-action-and-response-plan-august-december-2023-mitigating.md) | +0.4% | -0.8% |
| LCATTLE | 2021-02-08 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48788-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | +0.7% | +1.7% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-02-08 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48788-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | +1.9% | -2.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2022-03-01 | [National feeder and stocker cattle report \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42438-national-feeder-and-stocker-cattle-report-capital-press.md) | -2.0% | -1.0% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-11-25 | [Livestock Wx for 11-22-19: No El Niño, No La Niña, So What's Driving NOAA Outlooks? - Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55984-livestock-wx-for-11-22-19-no-el-nino-no-la-nina-so-what-s-driving-noaa-outlooks.md) | +2.1% | +3.1% |

## Sources

- nesdis.noaa.gov: https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/news/heres-one-way-satellite-observations-can-alert-farmers-and-ranchers-impending-flash-droughts

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