American Royal announces first events at KCK facility this fall

Texas and Deep South had a good stretch of rain while other areas were more spotty, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Texas and Deep South beneficiaries of recent rains

High Plains cattle sales report

Cargill grain elevator in East St. Louis, Missouri. (Journal photo by David Murray.)

Daily Cash Bids

King of the Ring winner Chuck Bradley (center) topped the field to win $15,000. He is pictured with Brian Winter (left) and Mason Winter. (Courtesy photo.)

Bradley wins King of the Ring

Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.

Grain markets challenge farmers the rest of 2026

U.S. Reps. Glenn “GT" Thompson, R-PA, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, left, and Tracey Mann, R-KS, pose for photos in front of a patriotic backdrop May 2, after the Kansas Food & Agriculture Listening Session in a farm shop north of Gypsum, Kansas (Photo by Tim Unruh.)

House approves farm bill on a bipartisan vote

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.)

Rain bypasses critical areas of need in the Plains