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Drought Monitor map for July 7, 2026
Drought, Drought Monitor, Weather

Drought conditions shift as storms bring mixed changes across Plains

Temperatures in the High Plains region were mostly near- or warmer-than-normal this past week. Read More

(Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)
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Keeping up with the times 

Agricultural irrigation system watering soy bean field in summer. (Adobe Stock │ #523881875 - Solid photos)
Water

Why measuring nitrate matters to water quality

Research helps remedy farm challenges in Arkansas 

an agricultural irrigation system on sunny summer day. An aerial view of a center pivot sprinkler system. (Photo courtesy of AdobeStock.)

How much can precision ag tech help with water crisis?

An irrigated corn crop during the 2024 growing season in southwest Kansas. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

Water precious with supply implications

An irrigation pivot watering a field of turnips. (Photo: iStock - Songbird839)

Missouri to ban water exports

Bull Shiras Moose in Wyoming (Photo: Adobe Stock │#312930090 - equigini)

EPA approves Wyoming uranium mining project

Aaron Young, survey geologist with the Conservation and Survey Division, Nebraska Geological Survey at the School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, performs maintenance on water wells. (IANR Conservation and Survey Division)

Groundwater report shows continued decline in eastern Nebraska

Crop circles near Dalhart, Texas. (Photo credit: Landsat NASA.)

Groundwater study looks at shared management strategy

A KGS team member measures groundwater levels in a well in western Kansas. (Photo: Kansas Geological Survey)

Kansas Geological Survey, state agency to measure groundwater levels in western Kansas