Sandra Hulm, senior vice president of the oilseeds and renewable division at Scoular, cuts a ribbon signifying the opening of the company’s canola and soybean crush plant near Goodland, Kansas. Among the dignitaries who assisted with the Sept. 18 event were (pictured to her left) Lt. Gov. David Toland and Secretary of Agriculture Mike Beam. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

Scoular crushes with canola expansion at Goodland

"Just A Scoopful" - Jerry Nine

Beneficial rain welcome news

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.)

Beneficial rains hit parts of the Plains

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.)

Hurricanes produced downpours along coasts

Lesser prairie chicken, or Tympanuchus pallidicinctus. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Ryan Hagerty.)

Genomic analyses of prairie chickens cast doubt on species classifications

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.)

Sharp difference in temps noted throughout country

Canola got a dose of good news when Scoular announced plans to expand its crushed seed facility west of Goodland, Kansas. (Photo courtesy of Michael Stamm.)

Crush seed facility shot in the arm for canola, agronomist says

Regina Bird

Heat and some moisture story of August