https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Here, there's a great deal of unimproved dry land pasture. They root plow the mesquite with a D-10 Cat, and use same to sculpt run-off for the stock tanks. If it doesn't rain, they just lose out.
Winter wheat is a staple for pasture, but again, they don't always get the proper precip. for that.
During wild fires, helicopter fire units rely on the tanks for firefighting, year round.
I have family in Lorenzo, Texas. They're on the Ogallala Aquifer out there. And many irrigation wells used for cotton gave out back in the 1970s. The two-lane is littered with the carcasses of former farms and ranches.
Here's the current U.S. Drought Monitor