Water

Cow Calf, Lacey, Lacey Vilhauer, Opinion, Water

A water dowser, a branch and the search for groundwater 

Freddy is a well douser from Oklahoma. (Journal photo by Lacey Vilhauer.) A man named Freddy, clad in overalls and wearing a CO-OP hat, walks across a pasture holding the forked ends of a Y-shaped branch, concentrating on the m... Read More

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Farming for data—land, energy, output

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Several regions in the Plains received beneficial rain

The flow of water creates a splash and the blue waves underwater. (Adobe Stock │ #410296737- VRVIRUS)

Registration open for water conference

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

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

The High Plains Aquifer provides 30 percent of the water used in the nation’s irrigated agriculture. The aquifer runs under South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas. (Photo courtesy of K-State Research and Extension.)

Republican River Compact Administration meets Aug. 27

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.)

Beneficial rain fell on the Northern Plains

A drop of water drips from a leaky faucet. (Adobe Stock-#705247039 │ andrei310)

Water conservation efforts may also boost mental health

Agricultural irrigation system watering soy bean field in summer. (Adobe Stock │ #523881875 - Solid photos)

Microbial water testing for South Dakota producers

  • By Londa Nwadike │ South Dakota State University Extension