To meet growing water needs, some Western states have adopted water banking and leasing. Water banking systems allow for stored water to be reallocated, and ownership transferred. (Photo: Bureau of Land Management/Public Domain)

Session at annual Western conference to discuss water banking and leasing

  • By Drew Viguet │ National Agricultural Law Center
Texas A&M Forest Service and local fire departments respond to a wildfire in Central Texas. (Texas A&M Forest Service)

Wildfire Awareness Month highlights proactive safety strategies

The yellow fever (Aedes aegypti) mosquito, one of two species connected to Zika, is not commonly found in Oklahoma. (Photo courtesy of CDC/James Gathany.)

New Mexico urges use of West Nile virus vaccine

Kansas Association of Wheat Growers

Rathbun awarded Clutter scholarship

Utah State University Extension is bringing traditional indigo dyeing back into home gardens with a comprehensive three-part guide to growing, extracting, and dyeing with Japanese indigo. (USU Extension)

Reviving the dying art of home dyeing

  • By Dennis Hinkamp │ Utah State University Extension
USDA

Live animal imports suspended along southern border

Carolina Brandani, Ph.D., a Texas A&M AgriLife Research soil scientist, with-equipment. (Kay Ledbetter/Texas A&M AgriLife)

AgriLife Research soil scientist tackles semiarid environment

  • By Kay Ledbetter │ Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Farmer in tractor preparing land for sowing. (Adobe Stock │ #68259903 - oticki)

Dust storms in Illinois: Identifying farm solutions

  • By Kevin Brooks, Rachel Curry, Duane Friend and Tara Heath │ University of Illinois Extension