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Sara Wyant
Agripulse, Canola, Columns, Columns, Corn, Energies, EPA, Opinion, Soybeans, Sunflowers, USDA

The push for E15 continues to be legislative battle

Congress debates year-round E15 as EPA waiver highlights ethanol’s role in fuel supply and prices, Sara Wyant writes. Read More

Beef cows and calfs grazing on grass. (Adobe Stock-#349841650 │ William)
Ag News, Editors, Feeder, General, Hay Range Pasture, Kylene Scott, Livestock

Cozzens gives economic analysis for livestock, feed sectors during CSU webinar 

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Corn, Crops, David Murray, economy, Editors, Energies, EPA

Outlook for ethanol markets

Southern rust on a corn crop (Courtesy photo.)

Southern rust impacting nation’s corn crop

  • October 13, 2025
  • By HPJ staff
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 intensity continues to retreat

  • July 10, 2025
  • By Brad Pugh
A farmer plants soybeans into a cover crop stand of cereal. (Photo courtesy of Jason Johnson/Iowa NRCS)

Plenty of supply on hand WASDE says

  • August 23, 2024
  • By David Murray
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.)

The heat is on for the High Plains

  • July 11, 2024
  • By Brian Fuchs
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 area felt beneficial rain

  • July 5, 2024
  • By Adam Hartman
Regina Bird

June saw the gamut of weather in the central Plains

  • July 5, 2024
  • By Regina Bird
Members of the Short farming crew pose at the farmstead in southern Saline County, Kansas. Left to right are Tyler Ash, Matt Short, Zach Short and Chris Short. (Photo by Tim Unruh.)

Tales, toils of growing grain in corn kingdom

  • June 14, 2024
  • By Tim Unruh
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.)

Rains have helped ease drought

  • June 6, 2024
  • By Brad Pugh
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