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.)

Minor expansion of drought regions

U.S. Capitol Building dome in Washington DC.(Photo by Kristen Labadie, University Communication and Marketing.)

House selects new speaker 

Farmstead (Journal photo by Jennifer Carrico.)

Arkansas orders Chinese-owned company to divest farmland

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.)

Drought top story in southern Plains

Early fall moisture welcome news

(Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)

Drought briefing explains September conditions, monitoring network 

Locally heavy rainfall results in improvements in Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota

Drought expands in parts of Texas

  • By By Brian Fuchs, National Drought Mitigation Center