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Just a Scoopful, Opinion

Beef rebates would be a win-win for Americans

Jerry Nine weighs in on falling cattle prices, beef imports and an alternative he believes could benefit consumers and U.S. cattle producers. Read More

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USDA launches Ranchers First Initiative to support beef producers 

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Pause on ground tariffs is big news

  • August 28, 2026
  • By jerry-nine

Consider barley in the High Plains  

  • August 28, 2026
  • By Lacey Vilhauer

Politics, technology and perception reshaping animal agriculture 

  • August 28, 2026
  • By Kylene Scott

Oklahoma forms advisory council amid federal beef import plans 

  • August 27, 2026
  • By Lacey Vilhauer
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.)

Mixed bag of precipitation and heat dot the Plains

  • August 27, 2026
  • By Adam Allgood

USDA, DHS strengthen coordination against New World screwworm  

  • August 21, 2026
  • By Lacey Vilhauer
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 rain fell on the Northern Plains

  • August 20, 2026
  • By David Mocko
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Emergency haying and grazing conservation reserve program acres

  • August 17, 2026
  • By Jessica Groskopf │ Nebraska Extension
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