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The corn crop is shaping up well across the state in areas that received recent rains. While prices are strong now, they are not expected to remain as high as they are under market pressures. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)
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Crop progress reports for the week ending May 11, 2025

Colorado—Drought conditions across many ares of the state were improved with added moisture. Reports from Grand and Jackson Counties stated a mild spring helped calving and lambing, but drought concerns intensified with a lack of snowpack. Winter wheat impacted by drought in f... Read More

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Welcome rains fell in parts of the Plains

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System brought added moisture to parts of the High Plains



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FSA state directors appointed in High Plains states

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.)

Plains among recipients of good rainfall

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.)

Country’s midsection receives good dose of rain

Closeup of a blacklegged tick on a skin surface. (iStock │ #527552090 - RobertAx)

Montana IDs blackleggd tick

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.)

Varying temps and moisture on the forecast

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.)

Midwest region received heavy rainfall

Montana State University researcher Kevin Hammonds studies ice samples in the SubZero laboratory in this 2018 file photo. (Montana State university photo by Kelly Gorham.)

Ice researcher receives $1.5 million grant

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.)

Moisture was limited in the Plains