Handful of wheat (Photo: K-State Research and Extension)

Use location, production goals to determine winter wheat planting dates

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

Kansas State University researchers continue "extensive" water research to help farmers adjust to changing climate and different weather patterns, says the director of the Kansas Center for Agricultural Resources and the Environment. (Photo courtesy of K-State Research and Extension.)

Second round of water local consult meetings scheduled for September

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

Woodfest - a music-based weekend gathering sponsored by Symphony in the Flint Hills

Flint Hills’ WoodFest set for Sept. 28

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

Regina Bird

Heat and some moisture story of August