The USDA-ARS Experiment Lake Dam in Woodward has been redesigned to include a new spillway design to maintain base flow and limit overflow during a flood. The spillway design is based on standardized guidance developed by ARS scientists at the Agroclimate and Hydraulic Engineering Research Unit in Stillwater, Oklahoma. (Photo courtesy of Sherry Hunt, USDA-ARS Oklahoma and Central Plains Agricultural Research Center, Agroclimate and Hydraulic Engineering Research Unit)

Dedication marks modernization of USDA experimental dam

Cows grazing sunn hemp at MU Greenley Research Farm in northeastern Missouri. Photo by Harley Naumann.

Sunn hemp can boost summer pastures

Zimmerman Meats in Summerville, Missouri. (Photo courtesy of Zimmerman Meats.)

MPPEP grants helping smaller meat processors expand 

Cattle in the pasture (Journal photo by Jennifer Theurer)

Livestock Calendar May 24 2024

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 found its way into drought-affected areas

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

High Plains cattle sales report

Cattle (File photo, MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.)

Livestock Calendar May 17 2024

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 found its way to parts of the High Plains