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Putting a value on weed’s theft from yields

  • June 20, 2025
  • By Ken Eriksen
Grilling steaks on flaming grill (Photo: iStock - rez-art)

High prices have not hindered consumers as beef imports are up

  • May 23, 2025
  • By Ken Eriksen
Irrigated soybeans in Keith County, Nebraska are watered by the Ogallala Aquifer. The vast underground reservoir reaches as far south as Texas, where it has declined as much as 36% since the 1950s. In Nebraska, the Ogallala has decreased by just 0.34% on average, according to analysis of U.S. Geological Survey reports, although the state’s southwest counties are showing a much greater decline. (Photo courtesy of Bill Spiegel.)

A lifeline of the High Plains—irrigation in focus

  • April 25, 2025
  • By Ken Eriksen

HPJ Live speakers, details announced 

  • April 18, 2025
  • By Lacey Vilhauer
Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.

Cattle herd shrinks, prices go higher

  • March 14, 2025
  • By Ken Eriksen
Corn field. (Adobe Stock │ #373307379 - Steve)

Twenty years of the Renewable Fuel Standard

  • March 3, 2025
  • By Ken Eriksen
Storage silos (Photo: Alissa Weece)

High Plains grain storage highly under-utilized

  • January 31, 2025
  • By Ken Eriksen
A farmer plants soybeans into a cover crop stand of cereal. (Photo courtesy of Jason Johnson/Iowa NRCS)

Ag exports still were a good story to follow

  • January 3, 2025
  • By Ken Eriksen
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