Hands Planting The Seedlings Into The Ground (Photo: iStock - RomoloTavani)

Soil temperature is important for germination in the garden

The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (Map courtesy of NDMC.)

Dry weather, warm temps continue on the Plains

Pictured are (back row, from left) Coulter Croft, Copeland; Ashlynn Remington, Meade; Michaela Bethard, Kismet; Ryan Koons, Buffalo, Oklahoma; Grady Woodard, Lyons; Drake Dieker, Westphalia; Trenton Turner, Hope; Nicole DeMars, Clay Center; James Fitzsimmons, Cunningham; Jayden Rios, Garden City; Ty Ruckert, Manhattan; Sam Gleason, Maple Hill; Kaitlin Houck, Allen; (front row) Tyler Spore, Great Bend; Jackie Neville, Andale; Grant Sardella, Cimarron; Ethan Bellar, Howard; Libby Schneider, Logan; Chisum Grund, Wallace; and Brendan Whipple, Kismet. (Courtesy photo.)

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Texas wildfire (Texas A&M Forest Service photo.)

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Texas A&M Forrest Service map - Smokehouse Creek wildfire perimeter

Wildfires burn in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska Feb. 26-27

Jim Mintert, professor at Purdue University in the Department of Agricultural Economics and director of the Center for Commercial Agriculture, spoke Jan. 26 at the Kansas Commodity Classic in Salina, Kansas. Mintert gave a domestic and global market update. (Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)

Economist takes different approach during market outlook session