Baling hay in Faulkner County on May 16, 2025. Hay growers are trying to work between the raindrops, but are struggling this spring. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo by Kevin Lawson.)

Rain, cool weather delaying hay

  • By Mary Hightower │ U of A System Division of Agriculture
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.)

Welcome rains fell in parts of the 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.)

System brought added moisture to parts of the High Plains

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FSA state directors appointed in High Plains states

Heath Stephens and his crew harvest rice on the farm he operates in Arkansas County near Stuttgart with his father, John Stephens. (UA System Division of Agriculture photo by Fred Miller)

Rice looks for its niche as a malted grain

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.)

Plains among recipients of good rainfall

At a meeting of the Cleveland County 4-H Blacksmithing Club, held at the Pioneer Village in Rison, club member Millie Montgomery, 15, explains how club volunteer Jeff Frey and his son Brayden Frey, 13, are heating a piece of low-carbon steel to be hammered into a tent stake. (Division of Agriculture photo.)

Striking while the iron’s hot: Arkansas 4-H club teaches blacksmithing skills to new generation

  • By Rebekah Hall │ U of A System Division of Agriculture
Father and son looking at map. (iStock │ #1158057935 - JulPo)

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