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CRP emergency haying & grazing: Cass County is on FSA's list (since Sep 15, 2026). Check with your FSA county office first. Details · FSA list as of Oct 29, 2026.
Drought ExtremeD3 · most of county Drought pay (LFP) Eligibleup to 4 payments Burn ban ONno outdoor burning Hope 5-wt steers $372▼ $6 since last sale

Cass County rain, outlook and forecast

On the Oct 27 U.S. Drought Monitor map, most of Cass County, TX was in extreme drought (D3), with 22% at exceptional drought (D4); week 7 in a row with some severe drought (D2) or worse. Cass County has had 20% of its normal rain in the past 30 days and 39% over 90 days; the 6-10 day outlook for Nov 8–12 leans drier than normal (40% chance of below-normal rain) and the best rain chance this week is 96% on Tuesday (high 72°). Cass County is on FSA's 2026 LFP list with up to 4 monthly payments, and the nearest USDA-reported sale barn is Hope, 60 miles away.

Rain vs normal

  • Last 30 days 20% of normal
  • Last 60 days 23% of normal
  • Last 90 days 39% of normal

NOAA river forecast center rain (radar plus gauges) at the county center, Nov 2, 2026. Source.

Rain outlook

  • 6-10 day outlook (Nov 8–12) Leans drier than normal (40% chance of below-normal rain)
  • 8-14 day outlook (Nov 10–16) Leans toward near-normal rain

NOAA Climate Prediction Center precipitation outlook, issued Nov 2, 2026. Source.

Next 7 days

  1. Today Mostly Sunny, high 81°, low 66°, 70% rain, wind 5–10 mph
  2. Tuesday Showers And Thunderstorms, high 72°, low 50°, 96% rain, wind 0–10 mph
  3. Wednesday Sunny, high 72°, low 46°, 1% rain, wind 0–5 mph
  4. Thursday Sunny, high 76°, low 48°, 4% rain, wind 0–5 mph
  5. Friday Sunny, high 73°, low 45°, 1% rain, wind 0–5 mph
  6. Saturday Mostly Sunny, high 69°, low 42°, 7% rain, wind 0–5 mph
  7. Sunday Mostly Sunny, high 68°, low 40°, 5% rain, wind 0–5 mph

National Weather Service forecast for the county center, updated Nov 2, 2026. Wind, warnings and burn bans.

PRF pasture insurance: sign up by Dec 1, 2026

The 2027 Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF) insurance sales closing date for Cass County is Dec 1, 2026, 29 days from today. PRF (Rainfall Index) pays on a rainfall index for your grid, not on your own rain gauge. You buy it through a crop insurance agent.

How PRF works · PRF 2027 sign-up · Find your grid on RMA's PRF tool

Date from USDA RMA's actuarial data, read Aug 28, 2026 · RMA dates map. Your agent confirms the date for your policy.

Cass County grass production

In 2025, grassland and pasture in Cass County grew about 2,723 pounds per acre of grass and forbs, 113% of the county's 1991-2020 normal of 2,412 pounds per acre. That was the 7th best of 40 years on record (1986-2025). Best year: 2001 at 2,989 pounds per acre; worst: 1986 at 1,157.

Pounds per acre of new grass and forbs each year on rangeland and pasture, from the Rangeland Analysis Platform (satellite-based estimates). See every year on the Land tab.

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What happenedStartedTell FSA early byFSA deadline
Exceptional drought (D4) reached (U.S. Drought Monitor) Oct 27, 2026Nov 26, 2026 (24 days left)Mar 1, 2027

If this cost you livestock, extra feed or hauled water, call your county FSA office now, while it's fresh. The 30-day date is a suggestion from Cownty; FSA's deadline for the notice of loss and application is the March 1 date. Log it in your Drought Ledger · Find your FSA office and phone

Information only; not financial, tax or legal advice. FSA decides eligibility. Cownty sends nothing to FSA.

Drought-sale tax flag IRS list

Cass County is on IRS Notice 2026-54 (severe or worse drought, Sep 1, 2025 to Aug 31, 2026).

Why it matters: if you sold breeding, dairy or draft livestock because of drought, the tax code may let you put off the gain (more time to buy replacement animals, or report the extra-sale income a year later). Your tax preparer decides whether either applies.

Work out your numbers and print a page for your preparer

Information only; not financial, tax or legal advice. Ask your tax preparer. FSA decides program eligibility. IRS Notice 2026-54 (PDF)

Where it is, with barns within 200 mi

Dots are sale barns USDA reports on. Tap one for its latest prices.

Who owns this land? Open the appraisal district map

Grass grown on rangeland and pasture

Grass grown in 2025: 2,723 lb per acre, a little above normal (113% of the 1991-2020 average of 2,412).

How to read this

Each bar is one year's grass (darker = perennial grasses, lighter = annuals). The dashed line is the 1991-2020 average. A county average with cropland excluded, not your pasture.

How we got this

Satellite estimate of new above-ground growth of grasses and forbs for the year (annual + perennial, lb/acre), averaged over the county's grassland, pasture and shrubland (28% of the county in USDA's 2025 cropland map; farm fields are left out because the estimate isn't valid there, and the same 2025 map is used for every year). About about 120 m (RAP overview). Source: Rangeland Analysis Platform biomass v3 (data, Jones et al. 2021, CC0) and USDA NASS Cropland Data Layer.

Source: Rangeland Analysis Platform, 2025 season. Fetched Nov 1, 2026.

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Nearest USDA-reported sale barns

  1. Hope Livestock Auction Hope, AR 60 mi · sells Thursdays · latest USDA report Oct 29, 2026
  2. McAlester Union Stockyards McAlester, OK 151 mi · sells Tuesdays · latest USDA report Oct 27, 2026
  3. County Line Sale Ratcliff, AR 156 mi · sells Wednesdays · latest USDA report Oct 28, 2026
  4. Southern Oklahoma Livestock (feeder cattle) Ada, OK 176 mi · sells Wednesdays · latest USDA report Oct 28, 2026
  5. Benton County Sale Barn Siloam Springs, AR 215 mi · sells Thursdays · latest USDA report Oct 29, 2026

Miles are straight-line from the county center. Sale days come from the barns' recent USDA AMS reports; call the barn to confirm. All barns

Other barns nearby (not USDA-reported)

These barns are not in a USDA AMS report, so Cownty shows no prices for them. Sale days and phones come from the barns' own sites or public listings; call the barn to confirm. More barns

Printable county brief (PDF) · Everything on one page · Hay prices in Texas

Common questions and nearby counties

Is Cass County eligible for LFP in 2026?

Yes. Cass County is on FSA's 2026 Livestock Forage Disaster Program county list, with up to 4 monthly payments for some pasture types. FSA decides each operation's eligibility; apply at your county FSA office by March 1 after the loss year.

Source: FSA LFP county file of Oct 29, 2026

What is the drought level in Cass County this week?

On the Drought Monitor map of Oct 27, 2026, most of Cass County was in extreme drought (D3), and the worst part was exceptional drought (D4) on 22% of the county. 7 straight weeks with some severe drought (D2) or worse.

Source: U.S. Drought Monitor, map of Oct 27, 2026

Is there a burn ban in Cass County?

Yes, a burn ban is in effect for Cass County (since Aug 17, 2026). Check with the county before burning.

Source: official state burn-ban map, as of Nov 2, 2026

What sale barns are near Cass County?

The nearest USDA-reported sale barns: Hope (60 mi), last report Oct 29, 2026; McAlester (151 mi), last report Oct 27, 2026; Ratcliff (156 mi), last report Oct 28, 2026.

Source: USDA AMS Market News reports

What are the upcoming FSA and farm deadlines?

Next: Nov 13, 2026: Apply for NRCS conservation cost-share (EQIP, CSP, ACEP) to be considered for 2027 money; Nov 20, 2026: Micro Farm 2027: last day to buy crop insurance. FSA program dates not posted officially are marked "confirm at source" on the calendar.

Source: official agency pages (see Calendar)

Information only; not financial or legal advice. FSA decides eligibility. Always check the linked official source.