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The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture’s crop’s team at NACTA contest (from left): Delany Salm, Kendell, Wisconsin; Jay Mintling, Hayes Center; Owen Harb, Grand Island; Kaden Day, McCook; Tyler Keener, Mitchell; Leah Schutz, Elwood; Sean Lucas, Bailey, Colorado; and Laramie Frear, Wood River. (Courtesy photo.)
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Top honors at NACTA for crops team

Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture’s crops judging team earns top honors at national crops and precision ag contest. Read More

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.)
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System brought added moisture to parts of the High Plains

Photo courtesy of DEKALB
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New DEKALB sorghum products can help Kansas and Missouri growers



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

Photo courtesy of Trimble.

PTx Trimble introduces next-generation guidance controller

Summers Manufacturing is expanding its strip till line. (Courtesy photo.)

Summers unveils new strip till equipment lines

Group of international graduating students celebrating. (Adobe Stock │ #424444895 - shock)

Graduation parties will fill many calendars

(Courtesy of South Dakota Mesonet)

Current drought conditions weigh on producers

Irrigated soybeans in Keith County, Nebraska are watered by the Ogallala Aquifer. The vast underground reservoir reaches as far south as Texas, where it has declined as much as 36% since the 1950s. In Nebraska, the Ogallala has decreased by just 0.34% on average, according to analysis of U.S. Geological Survey reports, although the state’s southwest counties are showing a much greater decline. (Photo courtesy of Bill Spiegel.)

A lifeline of the High Plains—irrigation in focus

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.)

Country’s midsection receives good dose of rain

Pivot irrigator from Pexel, credit Refik Ekenal.

Center pivot irrigation insurance premiums rising