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Gove County rain, outlook and forecast

As of the Oct 27 Drought Monitor, most of Gove County, KS showed no drought; four weeks earlier 46% of the county was abnormally dry (D0) or worse, now 0%. Gove County has had 62% of its normal rain in the past 30 days and 191% over 90 days, so the past month has been drier than the season so far; the 6-10 day outlook for Nov 7–11 leans toward near-normal rain and the NWS forecast peaks at a 76% rain chance on today (high 70°). FSA's 2026 LFP list includes Gove County with up to 2 monthly payments, and the nearest USDA-reported sale barn is Dodge City, 85 miles away.

Rain vs normal

  • Last 30 days 62% of normal
  • Last 60 days 196% of normal
  • Last 90 days 191% 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 7–11) Leans toward near-normal rain
  • 8-14 day outlook (Nov 9–15) Leans toward near-normal rain

NOAA Climate Prediction Center precipitation outlook, issued Nov 1, 2026. Source.

Next 7 days

  1. Today Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, high 70°, low 43°, 76% rain, wind 10–25 mph
  2. Tuesday Mostly Sunny, high 52°, low 36°, 12% rain, wind 10–25 mph
  3. Wednesday Sunny, high 57°, low 36°, 10% rain, wind 5–10 mph
  4. Thursday Mostly Sunny, high 52°, low 32°, 8% rain, wind 0–10 mph
  5. Friday Mostly Sunny, high 57°, low 37°, 1% rain, wind 5 mph
  6. Saturday Mostly Sunny, high 57°, low 36°, 15% rain, wind 5–10 mph
  7. Sunday Sunny, high 56°, low 35°, 4% rain, wind 5–10 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 Gove 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.

Gove County grass production

In 2025, grassland and pasture in Gove County grew about 1,998 pounds per acre of grass and forbs, 112% of the county's 1991-2020 normal of 1,779 pounds per acre. That was the 7th best of 40 years on record (1986-2025). Best year: 2019 at 2,226 pounds per acre; worst: 1986 at 1,069.

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.

Open loss windows

No open loss windows in Gove County right now. A 30-day window opens when the county first hits severe drought (D2), jumps to D3 or D4, or after a blizzard, extreme heat or cold, flood or ice warning, a wildfire, or a USDA disaster designation. Keep a Drought Ledger.

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

Drought-sale tax flag IRS list

Gove 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)

Prices

5-wt steers, nearest barns

Steers 500–599 lb, $/cwt, weekly average.

BarnLast sale5-wt steers
Dodge City 85 miOct 28$391
Imperial 126 miOct 23$449
Pratt 132 miOct 29$452
How to read this

Each line is one barn's head-weighted average for 5-weight steers (500–599 lb) in that week; gaps are weeks with no sale or no lots that size. Past sales, not a bid.

Dollars per hundredweight ($/cwt, per 100 lb), calculated from USDA AMS Market News sale reports (Medium & Large 1 and 1-2). Not a USDA-published average. ≈ $/head = $/cwt × the middle of the weight class ÷ 100.

Price history · Barn map · Fed vs feeder cattle

All weights at the 3 nearest barns

Dodge City 85 mi

Dodge City, KS
Sale of Oct 28, 2026
CattleHead$/cwt≈ $/head
Heifers 400-499 lb37417.85$1,880
Heifers 500-599 lb78352.00$1,940
Heifers 600-699 lb72347.13$2,260
Heifers 700-799 lb471347.56$2,610
Steers 400-499 lb21493.11$2,220
Steers 500-599 lb84390.91$2,150
Steers 600-699 lb218359.22$2,330
Steers 700-799 lb79350.78$2,630

USDA report (PDF) · Price history

Imperial 126 mi

Imperial, NE
Sale of Oct 23, 2026
CattleHead$/cwt≈ $/head
Heifers 400-499 lb76420.57$1,890
Heifers 500-599 lb117406.19$2,230
Heifers 600-699 lb13349.23$2,270
Steers 400-499 lb72501.43$2,260
Steers 500-599 lb293449.19$2,470
Steers 600-699 lb185410.09$2,670

USDA report (PDF) · Price history

Pratt 132 mi

Pratt, KS
Sale of Oct 29, 2026
CattleHead$/cwt≈ $/head
Heifers 400-499 lb94405.53$1,820
Heifers 500-599 lb116405.99$2,230
Heifers 600-699 lb89336.18$2,190
Heifers 700-799 lb165329.77$2,470
Steers 400-499 lb30452.45$2,040
Steers 500-599 lb95452.42$2,490
Steers 600-699 lb128387.07$2,520
Steers 700-799 lb40344.68$2,590

USDA report (PDF) · Price history

11 more within 200 mi: Lexington (134 mi), Kearney (144 mi), Beaver (145 mi), North Platte (153 mi), Salina (155 mi), Ogallala (166 mi), La Junta Winter (176 mi), Woodward (182 mi), La Junta LJLC (183 mi), Sterling (186 mi), Brush (192 mi).

Drought

Drought, past 12 months

0% of the county in severe drought or worse.

How to read this

Each band is how much of the county was in that drought level that week. Darker = worse. D2 (severe) and darker can trigger USDA drought pay.

Right now: 0% of the county is in severe drought or worse; some of it has been for 0 weeks running. Source: U.S. Drought Monitor, map of Oct 27, 2026.

See the drought map

Programs

Drought pasture pay (LFP)

On FSA's 2026 list for 5 pasture types. Up to 2 monthly payments.

Bring head counts, grazing leases and pasture acres to your county FSA office.

How to read this

Each bar is a pasture type; the number is how many monthly payments it qualifies for (1 to 5).

Pasture table
Pasture typeGrazing periodQualifying datePayments
Annual Crabgrass2026-04-16 to 2026-10-152026-05-182
Annual Ryegrass2026-04-16 to 2026-10-152026-05-182
Full Season Improved2026-04-16 to 2026-10-152026-05-182
Native Pasture2026-04-16 to 2026-10-152026-05-182
Short Ssn Spring Sml Grn2026-05-15 to 2026-06-152026-06-111

FSA "Counties & Pasture Types Eligible for 2026 LFP", file dated Oct 29, 2026 (download). FSA decides eligibility. Fetched Nov 2, 2026.

USDA disaster declarations

No USDA disaster declarations in the current or prior crop-year files.

"Declared" means USDA named this county. "Neighboring" means it touches a declared county. Either way, FSA emergency loans can open for about 8 months. FSA designation files. Fetched Nov 2, 2026.

CRP emergency haying and grazing

Not on the list Gove County is not on FSA's emergency haying and grazing list as of Oct 29, 2026. Non-emergency haying and grazing may still be allowed outside the primary nesting season.

Before haying and grazing, contact your FSA county office to see if your county remains eligible and/or obtain a modified conservation plan. This list is cumulative for the year and current local conditions may have changed.

Source: FSA eligible-county table posted Oct 29, 2026 · map · FSA program page. FSA posts a new file every Thursday. Fetched Nov 2, 2026.

Animal health notices: Kansas

Data pending. KS: 403 Client Error: Forbidden for url: https://www.agriculture.ks.gov/divisions-programs/division-of-animal-health/animal-diseases/new-world-screwworm
New FSA programs: watch list

Weather & fire

Next 7 days · National Weather Service

Weather for Gove County

Forecast for the center point of Gove County.

  • Freeze on 1 night
  • Windy on 2 days
  1. Today Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 70° 43° W 10–25 mph 76% rain
  2. Tue Mostly Sunny 52° 36° NW 10–25 mph 12% rain
  3. Wed Sunny 57° 36° NW 5–10 mph 10% rain
  4. Thu Mostly Sunny 52° 32° N 0–10 mph 8% rain
  5. Fri Mostly Sunny 57° 37° SW 5 mph 1% rain
  6. Sat Mostly Sunny 57° 36° NW 5–10 mph 15% rain
  7. Sun Sunny 56° 35° NW 5–10 mph 4% rain

Forecast from the National Weather Service, updated Nov 2, 2026. Wind arrows point where the wind is going; the letters say where it comes from. Windy = 25 mph or more; freeze = a low of 32°F or less. Open the full forecast.

Burn ban

Data pending. Kansas has no statewide official burn-ban list; county commissions set bans and announce them locally (county emergency management or sheriff)

No official ban list to check here, so Cownty shows the National Weather Service fire-weather alerts for the county instead: none right now. State fire-restrictions page.

Weather warnings right now

None right now

National Weather Service active alerts for this county, as of Nov 2, 2026 (source). Fetched Nov 2, 2026.

Rainfall vs normal

Sep 2026
3.20 in 183% of normal
Last 12 months
20.92 in 100%
How to read this

Bars are the rain that fell each month; the dashed line is a normal month (1991-2020 average). Bars below the line = drier than normal.

County-average precipitation, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026. Normal = NCEI's own 1991-2020 average for each month (Sep 2026 normal 1.75 in; same month last year 3.18 in). NCEI posts each month around the 8th of the next and may revise recent months. Source: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance. Fetched Nov 2, 2026.

Wildfires

No current fire perimeter in the county

No current perimeter within 100 mi of the county center (82 mapped nationally).

See the fire map

Interagency fire outlines. Small or brand-new fires are often not mapped yet; call 911 for a fire you can see. Layer updated Nov 2, 2026. Source: National Interagency Fire Center. Fetched Nov 2, 2026.

Frost dates

Frost and freeze dates

30-year averages (1991–2020) from the weather stations nearest Gove County. Frost = 32°F; hard freeze = 28°F.

Quinter weather station (17 mi away)

Typical last spring frostTypical first fall frost
Frost (32°F)
176-day growing season
Apr 24
1 year in 10 it's after May 7
Oct 18
1 year in 10 it's before Oct 3
Hard freeze (28°F)
195-day growing season
Apr 13
1 year in 10 it's after Apr 30
Oct 26
1 year in 10 it's before Oct 13

Healy weather station (23 mi away)

Typical last spring frostTypical first fall frost
Frost (32°F)
169-day growing season
Apr 28
1 year in 10 it's after May 10
Oct 15
1 year in 10 it's before Oct 1
Hard freeze (28°F)
187-day growing season
Apr 18
1 year in 10 it's after May 2
Oct 23
1 year in 10 it's before Oct 9

Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Quinter, Healy), NOAA files as of Jun 27, 2023. Fetched Oct 18, 2026.

Money

FSA grain loan rates (2026)

What FSA will lend on stored grain, per bushel. Lets you hold grain instead of selling at harvest.

CropGove CountyNational average
Corn$2.51 /bu $2.42 /bu
Grain sorghum$4.11 /cwt
($2.30 /bu)
$2.42 /bu
Soybeans$6.58 /bu $6.82 /bu
Hard red winter wheat$3.51 /bu $3.72 /bu
Soft red winter wheat$3.12 /bu $3.72 /bu

County marketing-loan rates. Sorghum's county rate is set per 100 lb; the per-bushel figure uses 56 lb a bushel. Source: FSA 2026 corn/sorghum/soybean schedule, wheat schedule, national rates. Fetched Nov 2, 2026.

FSA farm loan interest rates

FSA direct loanRate
Farm Operating - Direct5.625%
Farm Operating - Microloan5.625%
Farm Ownership - Direct6.250%
Farm Ownership - Microloan6.250%
Farm Ownership - Direct, Joint Financing4.250%
Farm Ownership - Down Payment2.250%
Emergency Loan - Amount of Actual Loss3.750%

Set nationally by FSA; the same in every county. Effective Nov 1, 2026. Source: FSA current loan interest rates. Fetched Nov 2, 2026.

Farm program payments by crop (ARC and PLC)

ARC pays when county crop revenue falls below its guarantee. PLC pays when the national price falls below the reference price. You picked one per crop when you enrolled.

2026 program year guarantees only FSA file of Jan 16, 2026

CropGuaranteeMost it can pay
Barley $268.11 $35.75
Canola $233.50 $31.13
Corn irrigated $749.40 $99.92
Corn nonirrigated $299.87 $39.98
Dry Peas $211.45 $28.19
Grain Sorghum irrigated $413.56 $55.14
Grain Sorghum nonirrigated $301.51 $40.20
Oats $198.58 $26.48
Safflower $283.10 $37.75
Soybeans $554.22 $73.90
Sunflower Seed $276.29 $36.84
Wheat irrigated $335.39 $44.72
Wheat nonirrigated $268.61 $35.82
Show the math
CropBenchmark yield × priceBenchmark revenue
Barley46.33 bushel/ac × $6.43$297.90
Canola999.75 pound/ac × $0.26$259.44
Corn irrigated165.54 bushel/ac × $5.03$832.67
Corn nonirrigated66.24 bushel/ac × $5.03$333.19
Dry Peas1573.61 pound/ac × $0.15$234.94
Grain Sorghum irrigated86.7 bushel/ac × $5.30$459.51
Grain Sorghum nonirrigated63.21 bushel/ac × $5.30$335.01
Oats56.0 bushel/ac × $3.94$220.64
Safflower1134.33 pound/ac × $0.28$314.55
Soybeans50.6 bushel/ac × $12.17$615.80
Sunflower Seed1222.1 pound/ac × $0.25$306.99
Wheat irrigated53.39 bushel/ac × $6.98$372.66
Wheat nonirrigated42.76 bushel/ac × $6.98$298.46

Dollars per base acre, before the 85% payment-acre factor and sequestration. Source: FSA ARC-CO 2026 county data.

2025 program year final payment rates FSA file of Nov 2, 2026

CropGuaranteeActual revenueARC payment
Barley $210.43 $278.46$0.00
Canola $218.23 $253.20$0.00
Corn irrigated $794.81 $777.50$17.31
Corn nonirrigated $347.76 $405.68$0.00
Dry Peas $240.65 $170.80$32.09
Grain Sorghum irrigated $414.95 $387.44$27.51
Grain Sorghum nonirrigated $323.17 $314.41$8.76
Oats $164.75 $187.34$0.00
Safflower $282.02 $153.00$37.60
Soybeans $538.01 $627.38$0.00
Sunflower Seed $253.76 $233.70$20.06
Wheat irrigated $336.15 $351.97$0.00
Wheat nonirrigated $290.30 $270.15$20.15
Show the math
CropBenchmark yield × priceBenchmark revenue
Barley38.33 bushel/ac × $6.10$233.81
Canola934.4 pound/ac × $0.26$242.48
Corn irrigated175.57 bushel/ac × $5.03$883.12
Corn nonirrigated76.82 bushel/ac × $5.03$386.40
Dry Peas1810.33 pound/ac × $0.15$267.39
Grain Sorghum irrigated86.99 bushel/ac × $5.30$461.05
Grain Sorghum nonirrigated67.75 bushel/ac × $5.30$359.08
Oats47.67 bushel/ac × $3.84$183.05
Safflower1138.67 pound/ac × $0.28$313.36
Soybeans49.12 bushel/ac × $12.17$597.79
Sunflower Seed1123.3 pound/ac × $0.25$281.95
Wheat irrigated53.51 bushel/ac × $6.98$373.50
Wheat nonirrigated46.21 bushel/ac × $6.98$322.55

Dollars per base acre, before the 85% payment-acre factor and sequestration. Source: FSA ARC-CO 2025 county data.

PLC, 2026 FSA table of Oct 30, 2026

CropReference priceSeason avg pricePLC payment
Wheat /bushel$6.35$6.30 projected$0.05 projected
Barley /bushel$5.58$5.70 projected$0.00 projected
Oats /bushel$3.05$3.35 projected$0.00 projected
Corn /bushel$4.42$4.70 projected$0.00 projected
Grain Sorghum /bushel$4.67$4.50 projected$0.17 projected
Soybeans /bushel$10.71$12.00 projected$0.00 projected

PLC rates are national (paid on the farm's PLC yield). Source: FSA 2026 PLC table. FSA decides who is paid.

FSA payments in Gove County

$10,895,573

1,240 payments dated Jan 6, 2025 to Dec 29, 2025 (FSA payment file 2025).

ProgramYearTotal
Emergency Commodity Assistance Program2024$4,556,359
Supplemental disaster relief (crops)2023$2,892,647
Supplemental disaster relief (crops)2024$1,744,446
ARC county payments2024$790,599
Emergency Livestock Relief (2023-24 drought)2023$470,378
CRP annual rent2022$143,583
CRP annual rent2021$100,313
CRP annual rent2011$51,767

Plus 20 smaller program lines.

County totals only: Cownty sums FSA's public payment file by county and never stores names or addresses. FSA files payments under its administrative county (Gove), which may differ from where the land is. Source: FSA payment file via the FOIA reading room.

Crop conditions (statewide)

Kansas crop and pasture condition

Kansas statewide, not just your county. Wheat planting is on pace with normal (80% vs 79%). From USDA's weekly Crop Progress report, week ending Oct 25, 2026.

ConditionPoor or
very poor
FairGood or
excellent
Pasture and Range31%37% 32%
-3 vs last week
Corn34%26% 40%
+0 vs last week
Cotton32%40% 28%
+4 vs last week

Progress

KansasThis weekLast weekNormal (5-yr avg)
Winter Wheat Planted80%60%79%
Winter Wheat Emerged48%30%56%
Sorghum Harvested40%30%65%
Cotton Harvested21%12%29%
Corn Harvested79%70%81%

Source: USDA NASS Crop Progress released Oct 26, 2026 (ESMIS), Kansas rows. Week ending Oct 25, 2026. Fetched Oct 26, 2026.

Deadlines

All deadlines and report dates · FSA disaster-program deadlines are pending (no official feed).

Coming up: EQIP and CSP FY2027 first ranking cutoff (18 days left) · PRF rainfall insurance for 2027 (29 days left) · ARC/PLC 2026 election and enrollment (39 days left) · LFP, LIP and ELAP for 2026 losses (119 days left)

Land

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 county property map

Grass grown on rangeland and pasture

Grass grown in 2025: 1,998 lb per acre, a little above normal (112% of the 1991-2020 average of 1,779).

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 (44% 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.

Nearest USDA-reported sale barns

  1. Winter Livestock Dodge City, KS 85 mi · sells Wednesdays · latest USDA report Oct 28, 2026
  2. Imperial Auction Market Imperial, NE 126 mi · sells Fridays · latest USDA report Oct 23, 2026
  3. Winter Livestock (Pratt Livestock) Pratt, KS 132 mi · sells Thursdays · latest USDA report Oct 29, 2026
  4. Lexington Livestock Market Lexington, NE 134 mi · sells Fridays · latest USDA report Oct 30, 2026
  5. Huss Livestock Market Kearney, NE 144 mi · sells Wednesdays · latest USDA report Oct 28, 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

Common questions and nearby counties

Is Gove County eligible for LFP in 2026?

Yes. Gove County is on FSA's 2026 Livestock Forage Disaster Program county list, with up to 2 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 Gove County this week?

On the Drought Monitor map of Oct 27, 2026, most of Gove County was in no drought, and the worst part was no drought on 0% of the county. 0 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 Gove County?

No official statewide list to check: Kansas has no statewide official burn-ban list; county commissions set bans and announce them locally (county emergency management or sheriff).

What sale barns are near Gove County?

The nearest USDA-reported sale barns: Dodge City (85 mi), last report Oct 28, 2026; Imperial (126 mi), last report Oct 23, 2026; Pratt (132 mi), last report Oct 29, 2026.

Source: USDA AMS Market News reports

What are the upcoming FSA and farm deadlines?

Next: Nov 20, 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.