(Journal stock photo.)

Farm bill conservation programs essential to High 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.)

Plains among recipients of good rainfall

Yellow or stripe rust, Puccinia striiformis var striiformis, a severe infection on a wheat crop. (iStock │ #1927104960 - Tomasz Klejdysz)

Low risk of stripe rust problems in Kansas

  • By Jacob Klaudt │ K-State Research and Extension news service
Father and son looking at map. (iStock │ #1158057935 - JulPo)

Make your summer vacation…different.

Keeping cattle well fed and watered helps to keep them healthy. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

High Plains cattle sales report

Spring, 2025 Dewey County, Oklahoma, fire: provided by Justine Anderson, Oklahoma Conservation Commission

Drought, cedar trees and wildfires

The cotton market will be one of the topics discussed at the 2024 Southeast Panhandle Agriculture Conference on Jan. 16 in Clarendon. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Laura McKenzie.)

BASF recognizes top cotton 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.)

Country’s midsection receives good dose of rain