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Wyomingites are eager to talk about drought and other possible water scenarios. (University of Wyoming Extension)
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April brought its share of excitement to the Plains

Early in the month, wildfires were ignited by dry lightning in western Oklahoma and the Panhandle of Texas. Read More

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Foreign long-term leases of U.S. farmland rise sharply, USDA analysis finds

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Land values holding steady as water increasingly affecting prices

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.)

Hit-and-miss rain story late of late summer

The center pivot irrigation system at the Oklahoma State University McCaull Research and Demonstration Farm will be one of the topics discussed at this year’s Panhandle Crops & Forages Field Day in Eva. The Aug. 31 event kicks off the fall field day events with topics like sorghum varieties, nitrogen management, soil moisture monitoring and managing spider mites in corn. (Photo by Todd Johnson, OSU Agriculture.)

Agriculture land market remains resilient amid economic uncertainty

Landlords and tenants need to have a realistic view of crop prices and input expenses based on a three- to- five-year projection on farm income. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

In current economic time landlords, tenants need to be realistic

A contractor hired by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission uses a helicopter to apply herbicide to phragmites, an invasive, noxious weed, at Niobrara Confluence Wildlife Management Area on the Missouri River near the village of Niobrara. Also known as common reed, phragmites is choking out native vegetation, reducing the amount of wildlife habitat available on the Missouri, Platte and other rivers, reservoirs and wetlands throughout the state. It is also an Aquatic Invasive Species. (Photo by Eric Fowler, for NEBRASKAland Magazine, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.)

Is latest WOTUS revision the final chapter?

Summer landscape with green grass field and blue sky

Rural land values holding steady

Grain bins (Photo: Rachel Regier, Ashland, KS)

U.S. agricultural land is attractive around the world

Fed 'n Happy. (Courtesy photo.)

A biological farming solution

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.)

Rain found its way into drought-affected areas