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Hand holding organic fertilizer compost humus. Topsoil. (Adobe Stock-#527310109 │ Thiago Gomes)
Minnesota, Soil Health, USDA

New soil health educational resources

Three new videos featuring a Minnesota dairy farmer explore how soil health practices can support agricultural productivity. Read More

Cow Calf, Lacey, Lacey Vilhauer, Opinion, Water

A water dowser, a branch and the search for groundwater 

Pivit, circle irrigation in an agriculture field along highway 138 near Orvid, Nebraska. (Adobe Stock-#604130167 │ Bob)
Central Region, Crops, Nebraska, Water

Twenty-five years of U.S. irrigation data shows shifting trends at the county-level

Drought Monitor map for July 7, 2026

Drought conditions shift as storms bring mixed changes across Plains

  • By Curtis Riganti │ National Drought Mitigation Center
(Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)

Keeping up with the times 

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

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