Drought Monitor map - August 5, 2025

Drought map shows more rain in the High Plains

Cow Camp 2025 offers hands-on workshops and development opportunities. (K-State Research and Extension news service)

Cow Camp 2025 prepares women to lead in cattle industry

  • By Kelsey Stremel │ K-State Research and Extension news service
K-State beef cattle experts reveal strategic benefits and challenges of cattle co-grazing. (K-State Extension news service)

Maximizing pasture potential, the science behind multi-species grazing

  • By Chevy-Lynn Vaske │ K-State Extension news service
Keeping cattle well fed and watered helps to keep them healthy. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

High Plains cattle sales report

The USDA is investing $2.3 billion into international commodity trade markets and providing global food aid. (Photo courtesy Valeriy Evtushenko via Unsplash.)

U.S. trade pacts announced with two Pacific Rim countries

Cattle and other livestock can suffer from sun exposure, bacterial infections and increased activity of parasite-carrying insects during the summer. The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory offers guidance on what to look for and how to treat. (Hannah Harrison/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Cattle Report Aug. 1

Texas to deploy Swormlure-5 bait to conquer New World screwworm 

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 map shows signs of less stress in Plains