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Aerial view of a large data center campus with focus on the processor hosting area and power and cooling infrastructure being built in Hutto, Texas. (iStock-#2284670826 │ BackyardProduction)
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Farming for data—land, energy, output

Data centers target High Plains farmland, raising questions about land, power, water rights, infrastructure costs and rural development. Read More

Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.
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Economist: Net farm income expected to dip $4.3 billion

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.)
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Several regions in the Plains received beneficial rain

Aubrey Streit Krug, The Land Institute's director of Ecospheric Studies, talks of the prairie as she leads a sunrise prairie walk that is part of the institute's annual Prairie Festival. (Courtesy photo)

The Land Institute celebrates 50 years at Prairie Festival 2026

Silhouette Whitetail Deer Buck at sunset in Texas farmland. (Adobe Stock-#471693895 │ Dennis Donohue)

Recreation that pays it forward: New land stewardship partnership invests in western working lands

Aerial view of cultivated agricultural farming land with vivid green color. (Adobe Stock │ #312193210 - sizsus)

MU Extension offers farm lease workshops

BLM Director Stevan Pearce (middle), BLM Eastern State Director Mitchell (right) Leverette and acting Associate State Director Dave Radford (left) listen as a presenter discusses historic land title records during a rare tour of the General Land Office vault, offered after the July 15 ribbon cutting ceremony recognizing updates to the GLO website and expanded digital access. (BLM Courtsey photo)

New website for the General Lands Office brings increased access to land records

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.)

Drought and abnormal dryness intensify in the Plains

Kansas Farmers Union

Stuenkel to highlight Sept. 12 field day

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 and hot weather story for the Southern Plains

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.)

Mixed bag of precipitation and heat dot the Plains