A large plastic trashbin overflowing with garbage and discarded Christmas paper, lights, bows, etc. (iStock │ #462582085 - Allkindza)

Reduce, reuse, recycle this holiday season

The SDSU Soil Judging Team brought home first-place honors from the National Collegiate Soil Judging Region 5 competition held recently in Omaha, Nebraska. Pictured from left are assistant professor of soils and pedology in the Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science Kristopher Osterloh, with team members Harlee Nielson, Abigayle Eitreim and senior team leader Luke Desmith, who also won first place in the individual judging category. (South Dakota State University)

Soil judging team wins regional, qualifies for nationals

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.)

Moisture brought improvement made in drought-related regions

A combine motors through a wheat field a few years back southwest of Salina, Kansas. (Journal photo by Tim Unruh.)

K-State to offer ag profitability conferences

Pictured (left to right) during the 2025 Rounders Awards Ceremony at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces: 2025 recipients Jim Keith and Randy Huston, and New Mexico Secretary of Agriculture Jeff Witte. (Photo courtesy of the New Mexico Department of Agriculture)

New Mexico recognizes Keith, Huston

Women Grow The Farm

Registration now open for 2026 Women Grow the Farm Conference

The Oklahoma invasive tree, the eastern redcedar, is contributing to the spread of another problematic species in the state, the lone star tick (Photo by OSU Agriculture).

Eastern redcedars are contributing to the spread of the lone star tick

Montana Department of Agriculture

Montana launches new pesticide portal