Weather

Wheat harvest (K-State Research and Extension)
Central Region, Columns, Columns, Drought, Kansas, Letters to Editor, Opinion, Rowcrops, Weather, Wheat

Betting on wheat harvest

Kansas wheat harvest faces uncertainty as drought, hail and rain reshape expectations across fields and local elevators. Read More

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.)
Alfalfa, Arkansas, Beef, Canola, Colorado, Corn, Cotton, Cow Calf, Drought, Drought Monitor, Farmland, Feeder, Forage Crops, Grain Sorghum, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Ranchland, Seedstock, South Dakota, Soybeans, Stocker, Sunflowers, Texas, Water, Weather, Wheat, Wyoming

Hit-or-miss thunderstorms story of the weather week

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.)
Alfalfa, Arkansas, Beef, Colorado, Corn, Cow Calf, Drought, Drought Monitor, Equine, Dairy, Sheep and Goats, Farmland, Grain Sorghum, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Ranchland, Seedstock, Sheep and Goats, South Dakota, Soybeans, Stocker, Texas, Weather, Wheat, Wyoming

Active pattern brought moisture to High Plains

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.)

Highly variable weather pattern dominates week

Hereford and Angus cattle owned by K-State Purebred Beef Unit. (K-State Research and Extension)

Risk management strategies to consider for your herd

  • By Chevy-Lynn Vaske │ K-State Extension news service
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.)

High Plains continues to see wide range of temps

Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.

Grim reaper leaving mark on western Nebraska wheat crop

Hay bales dot a meadow near Madison, Arkansas. 2024 file photo. (UADA image by Mary Hightower)

Drought has ranchers playing a waiting game

  • By Mary Hightower │ University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture

Lightning strikes cause wildfires in New Mexico, Panhandles and southwest Kansas 

Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.

Wheat tour confirms dismal expectations

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.)

Much of High Plains keeps missing out on moisture