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.)

Heat dome brought warmer temps for holiday season

Many of this year's top stories in ag, food and environmental law have carried over from 2024 and are likely to remain big in 2026. (UADA file photo)

Farmland ownership, WOTUS, pesticide labeling issues among top agricultural law stories of 2025

Photo courtesy of Dave Bergmeier.

Rabobank goes long on ag outlook

Storage silos (Photo: Alissa Weece)

When it’s time to end a farm lease

Countryside. (Adobe Stock │ #89841742 - denis_333)

Interior proposes to rescind Public Lands Rule

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.)

Uneven precipitation and colder weather finds the Plains

Aerial view of Green rice paddy field, farming cultivation in agricultural land at countryside. (Adobe Stock │ #502573919 - Mumemories)

SDSU Extension to discuss estate tax at Sustaining the Legacy conferences

Harvest at sunset (Photo: Kathy Anderson, Jamestown, Kansas.)

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City launches Center for Agriculture and the Economy