Héctor Alejandro Arzate, Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk

The USA National Phenology Network shows that this year spring arrived three to five weeks earlier than the average between 1991 to 2020 in much of the central U.S. and two to three weeks earlier in southern Midwest states.

Thirty-six states have detected cases of CWD, but many hunters are more fearful of losing game than the disease itself.