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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, Drought Monitor, Weather

Beneficial rains hit parts of the Plains

Hurricanes and tropical storms help spur beneficial moisture including Kansas, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Read More

(Photo by Johannes Plenio via Pexels.)
Ag News, Corn, Cotton, Crops, Forage Crops, Grain Sorghum, Newsletters, Rowcrops, Soil Health, Soybeans, Sunflowers, Wheat

El Niño soaked the Southern Plains, will La Niña dry them up?

Trent Roberts, associate professor of soil fertility and soil testing, and senior graduate assistant Carrie Ortel, examine soybean plants for signs of nutrient deficiency. (Photo by Fred Miller, U of A System Division of Agriculture.)
Crops, Soybeans

New recommendations for soybean producers have potential to boost profits



Grazing sorghum. (Courtesy photo.)

Will your fertilizer spreader be ready for go time?  

Michael Thompson, Almena, Kansas, listens to a young questioner during a Farmer 2 Farmer tour in Larned, Kansas. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

Cover crops carry promise to producers

corn field (Photo: iStock - zhengzaishuru)

Oct. 12 is National Farmer Day

Apples growing on a tree. (Photo courtesy of Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.)

Extension fruit specialist discusses Iowa apple harvest

(Photo courtesy of University of Missouri Extension.)

Average first frost about 2 weeks away in northern Missouri

(Journal stock photo.)

Here we go again

Sorghum grain dry down in the fall

Sunflower (Courtesy photo.)

Sunflower markets