USDA expands effort to protect livestock industry from NWS

Egg-laying is underway — don’t wait to scout for western bean cutworm in cornfields, especially those without VIP3A protection. (Julie Peterson | Nebraska Extension)

Western bean cutworm being monitored

an agricultural irrigation system on sunny summer day. An aerial view of a center pivot sprinkler system. (Photo courtesy of AdobeStock.)

How much can precision ag tech help with water crisis?

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.)

Heat and spotty rains hit Plains region

An older farmer surveys part of his cowherd. (Journal photo by Jennifer Theurer.)

Peel to look at cowherd during beef on dairy webinar

The annual King of the Ring sale is at Winter Livestock in Dodge City, Kansas. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

High Plains cattle sales report

An irrigation pivot watering a field of turnips. (Photo: iStock - Songbird839)

Registration open for 2025 Great Plains Water Conference

Drought Monitor map - August 5, 2025

Drought map shows more rain in the High Plains