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Enrollment opportunities ahead for CRP

The annual King of the Ring auctioneer competition included eight contestants and more than 7,000 head of cattle on July 27 at Winter Livestock, Dodge City, Kansas. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

High Plains cattle sales report

The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture’s crop’s team at NACTA contest (from left): Delany Salm, Kendell, Wisconsin; Jay Mintling, Hayes Center; Owen Harb, Grand Island; Kaden Day, McCook; Tyler Keener, Mitchell; Leah Schutz, Elwood; Sean Lucas, Bailey, Colorado; and Laramie Frear, Wood River. (Courtesy photo.)

Top honors at NACTA for crops team

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.)

System brought added moisture to parts of the High Plains

University of Nebraska–Lincoln scientist Huang Li, research assistant professor of biochemistry. (University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension)

Li receives support for bioenergy crop research

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FSA state directors appointed in High Plains states

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.)

Plains among recipients of good rainfall

Panhandle Research Extension and Education Director John Westra, left, and Bijesh Maharjan, Nebraska Extension Specialist, with his award at the annual Gamma Sigma Delta banquet. (Eric Buck)

Nebraska Extension researcher recognized