AgBiome files layoff notice with North Carolina 

The pivot with KZ valves waters a plot at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Panhandle Research Extension and Education Center in Scottsbluff. (Photo by Chabella Guzman.)

UNL and Nebraska company collaborate on new valve for pivot irrigation

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.)

Storm disturbance helped ease drought

Sunflowers (Photo courtesy of Amberlyn Brown.)

Sunflower markets

This is a map of the precipitation received between Oct. 24 and Oct. 31. (Photo courtesy Weather Underground.)

October rains bring hope for winter wheat grazing

(Texas A&M AgriLife photo.)

Aeration is important for grain quality and for safety 

Pecan harvest has started at the Cimarron Valley Research Station near Perkins, Oklahoma. The state’s estimated harvest this year is 22 million pounds. (Photo by Mitchell Alcala, OSU Agriculture.)

Pecan projection looks promising for the fall harvest

USDA notes 11% decline in cotton production