Tapping Sugar Maple trees (Photo: Missouri Department of Conservation - MDC)

Try backyard maple sugaring this January and February

(Journal photo by Lacey Newlin Vilhauer.)

The Braum’s Family Farm: 2 scoops of flavor       

Kansans caught in snarl of storm

Winter storm safety tips from the Red Cross

Feedlot near Dodge City, Kansas. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

Cattle on Feed shows increase in feedlot inventory   

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.)

Rain, snow fell in parts of 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.)

Another round of moisture hits Plains states

Kansas Geological Survey estimated reductions of 18% to 32% in pumping of underground water in the High Plains Aquifer in Kansas could extend life of the resource in some areas by a decade. KGS says savings require farmers to reduce water use for irrigating crops in western Kansas. (Allison Kite/Kansas Reflector)

Kansas Geological Survey says 18% to 32% cut in groundwater pumping may stabilize aquifer