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.)

Drought map continues to note dry patches

Gorgeous pond on a farm (Photo: iStock - Kendra Harrell)

K-State specialist offers advice on how to care for ponds

  • By Lisa Moser │ Kansas State University Research and Extension
Painted Flowers on Green Rain Barrel by Wood Fence (Photo: iStock - Matthew Fowler)

How to build a rain barrel

Blue-green algae showing up early in Kansas waterways

  • By Pat Melgares │ K-State Research and Extension
The TexasET app can help farmers optimize their irrigation timing. The app calculates crop-specific water recommendations based on a plant’s growth stage. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

TexasET app provides tailored irrigation recommendations for crops

Image of a faucet spouting water (Photo: iStock - REKINC1980)

Kansas Water Authority to meet

Summer Foilage around Lower Tahquamenon Falls river flow (Photo: iStock - JerryB7)

Water rights, law on agenda for June 13-14 Western Ag and Environmental Law Conference

  • By Drew Viguet │ U of A System Division of Agriculture
The USDA-ARS Experiment Lake Dam in Woodward has been redesigned to include a new spillway design to maintain base flow and limit overflow during a flood. The spillway design is based on standardized guidance developed by ARS scientists at the Agroclimate and Hydraulic Engineering Research Unit in Stillwater, Oklahoma. (Photo courtesy of Sherry Hunt, USDA-ARS Oklahoma and Central Plains Agricultural Research Center, Agroclimate and Hydraulic Engineering Research Unit)

Dedication marks modernization of USDA experimental dam