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.)

Welcome rains fell in parts of the Plains

Bill Rishel (Courtesy photo.)

Rishel to be inducted into 2025 Saddle & Sirloin Portrait Gallery

A wheat field near Dodge City, Kansas, in mid-May. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

Kansas wheat crop estimated at 338.5 million bushels

Large industrial drone with thermal camera. (Photo: Adobe Stock │ #437787201 - SobrevolandPatagonia)

Nebraska Extension offering drone course

Longfellow Elementary second-grader Carmella Lopez and her friends learned more about swine and how they are raised at the swine session during the AgSplosion Field Day in Scottsbluff. (Photo courtesy of Chabella Guzman.)

Students explore agriculture at annual AgSplosion Field Day

USDA

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