Regional Roundup

Tim Sheehan, Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce president; Carrie Holden, Small Business Basics contest winner; and Kara Harders, SDSU Extension Community Vitality Field Specialist. (SDSU Extension photo)

Central Region, Regional Roundup, South Dakota

Entrepreneur wins SDSU business plan contest

A Watertown woman won a SDSU Extension Community Vitality business plan contest with her compelling plan for a cancer support group. Read More

Mail box with letters. (Adobe Stock │ #330427772 - Pixel-Shot)

Central Region, Kansas, Regional Roundup

USPS to commemorate antique tractors

Sorin Popescu, Ph.D., holds a UAV in his lab. Popescu is a leading expert in remote sensing and within the ecoinformatics field. He believes the future of natural resource conservation and land management will be guided by data and computer modeling. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Regional Roundup, research, Southern Region, Texas

Ecoinformatics researcher advances conservation science

Central Region

Tim Sheehan, Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce president; Carrie Holden, Small Business Basics contest winner; and Kara Harders, SDSU Extension Community Vitality Field Specialist. (SDSU Extension photo)

Entrepreneur wins SDSU business plan contest

Michael Johnson, executive producer and producer, left, was impressed by Wes Jackson’s physical abilities during the filming of “Prairie Prophecy” near Salina, Kansas. (Courtesy photo.)

‘Prairie Prophecy’ places Jackson on perennial pedestal

Farmers and Ranchers Livestock, Salina, was recently purchased by the Winter Livestock family, Dodge City. Pictured are, (at left) head of operations Mason Winter and general manager Mike Samples. (Courtesy photo.)

Winter family purchases Salina’s Farmers and Ranchers

Mail box with letters. (Adobe Stock │ #330427772 - Pixel-Shot)

USPS to commemorate antique tractors

Mid Western Region

Sedalia, Missouri, United States - August 13, 2011: Fairgoers crowd the road at the Missouri State Fair. A ferris wheel, roller coaster, a giant slide, and livestock pavilions are included in the festivities. (iStock │ #458610387 - Lokibaho)

Missouri to award youth scholarships

Muddy wet countryside corn field and dark storm clouds. (Adobe Stock │ #259019240 - Przemyslaw Iciak)

Sheltering program to conclude in May

Colorado River, Glenwood Canyon at Glenwood Canyons Resort, Colorado, USA. (iStock │ #1213547321 - SergeYatunin)

Fate of the Colorado River on agenda at Western conference

4-H ambassadors encourage outside activities

Southern Region

Sorin Popescu, Ph.D., holds a UAV in his lab. Popescu is a leading expert in remote sensing and within the ecoinformatics field. He believes the future of natural resource conservation and land management will be guided by data and computer modeling. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Ecoinformatics researcher advances conservation science

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.)

Varying temps and moisture on the forecast

Cactus wren in Texas. (Adobe Stock │ #343250623 - Tom)

Texas A&M wildlife management program recognized

Milking Belle the cow is one of the students’ favorite stations in Oklahoma State University Extension’s Farm to You interactive display. Farm to You helps children learn about where food comes from and how it nourishes the body to grow healthy muscles and bones. (Photo by Mitchell Alcala, OSU Agriculture)

Students learn about origin of food

Western Region

Colorado River, Glenwood Canyon at Glenwood Canyons Resort, Colorado, USA. (iStock │ #1213547321 - SergeYatunin)

Fate of the Colorado River on agenda at Western conference

Grants to help Colorado’s ag leaders

Closeup of a blacklegged tick on a skin surface. (iStock │ #527552090 - RobertAx)

Montana IDs blackleggd tick

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.)

Varying temps and moisture on the forecast