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.)

Midwest and Southern Plains received beneficial rain

Hay bales of all kinds and sizes were collected and stacked in four Animal Supply Points operated by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in response to the Smokehouse Creek, Windy Deuce and Grapevine Creek fires. (Sam Craft/Texas A&M AgriLife)

State-By-State Hay Markets

Area Hay Prices

Beautiful summer sunrise over fields with hay bales. (Adobe Stock │ #451660073 - Piotr Krzeslak)

Kansas Hay Report

Golden hay bales scattered across expansive fields. (iStock-#2188805605 │ edb3_16)

How to test hay and forage for nitrate levels using test strips

Photo courtesy of Center for Grazinglands and Ranch Management.

Center helps ranchers with their grazing lands

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.)

Hit-or-miss thunderstorms story of the weather week

Hay bales (Journal photo by Lacey Newlin)

State-By-State Hay Markets