The Grygla General store will be a tour stop for attendees at the 2026 National Rural Grocery Summit. (University of Minnesota Extension)

Rural entrepreneur builds her hometown grocery business and community

  • By Constance Carlson │ University of Minnesota Extension
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

Drought conditions are impacting cool-season crops like winter wheat and reducing available quality grazing for Texas cattle producers. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Cattle Report

In this 2019 file photo, flooding in crop fields leaves behind debris and submerged plants that may die or suffer yield damage. (Photo by Linda Geist)

When fields stay wet

Hereford cattle eating protein cubes to supplement nutrients from dry hay ahead of spring grazing turnout. (K-State Research and Extension)

High Plains cattle sales report

Panorama blue pool water. (Adobe Stock-#88810244 │ yotrakbutda)

Arkansas SeaPerch program to send six teams to international competition

  • By Rebekah Hall │ University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture