(Photo courtesy K-State Research and Extension.)

USDA projects higher red meat and poultry production

Angus Foundation to award five scholarships

Gov, Jim Pillen signs executive order. (Courtesy photo.)

Gov. Pillen signs ag supplies aid order

Gov. Pillen declared an emergency and mobilized the National Guard as wildfires burn in Nebraska. (Courtesy photo.)

Nebraska dealing with devastating wildfires

Pictured are, from left, (front row) Taylee Velasquez, Hugoton; Justine Johns, Minneapolis; Adalaide Kline, Colby; Baylee Shultz, Berryton; Teagan Sturdy-Milliken, Lyndon; Sierra Cargill, Medicine Lodge; (second row) Brooke Falk, Harveyville; Shane Flach, Manhattan; Luke Kaiser, Grinnell; Gatlin Clawson, Meade; Nick Higgason, Olmitz; Jack Roenne, Great Bend; Skye Schumaker, Pratt; (back row) MaKala Fitzsimmons, Cunningham; Nick Nowak, Ellis; Quinton Porter, Hays; James Brack, Moscow; Brady McComb, Pratt; Hannah Grund, Wallace; and Casey Giffing, Ulysses. (Courtesy photo.)

KLA’s 20th Young Stockmen’s Academy meets in February

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.)

Some regions of High Plains received rain

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.)

Much of High Plains in need of moisture

Cattle outlook: Peel predicts more high prices, tight supplies for 2026