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Gianforte announces drought designation in 5 counties

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte announced the USDA recently designated five Montana counties as primary natural disaster areas due to drought. Read More

Corn field. (Adobe Stock │ #373307379 - Steve)
Colorado, Crops, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas

Warm nights can take a big bite out of corn yield

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.)
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Dry and hot weather story for the Southern Plains

Cattle grazing on a Colorado prairie. (Adobe Stock-#531966558 │ MarekPhotoDesign.com)

Cheatgrass Solutions Workshop set for Sept. 17

Kansas Wheat (Photo: courtesy of Frank J. Buchman)

Kansas wheat breeder Joe Martin remembered for his work

PlainsGold adds Jim Quick wheat variety to lineup

Panelists: Marketing depends on transportation

Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.

Beef packers adjusting to low cattle inventory

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.)

Mixed bag of precipitation and heat dot the Plains

Laura: Where does it all go?

The High Plains Aquifer provides 30 percent of the water used in the nation’s irrigated agriculture. The aquifer runs under South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas. (Photo courtesy of K-State Research and Extension.)

Republican River Compact Administration meets Aug. 27