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Extra days on feed means heavier carcass weights and also plays a part in rising numbers of Choice and Prime carcasses. (Courtesy photo.)
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High Plains cattle sales report

The High Plains area weekly weighted average direct cattle sales results for the week ending Aug. 30, reported receipts of 51,429 head compared to 53,592 head a week ago and 42,848 head a year ago, according to the USDA Livestock Poultry and Grain Market News Division, St. Jos... Read More

Grain Elevators, Kansas (Photo: iStock - j12tone)
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Daily Cash Bids

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.)
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Dry and hot weather story for the Southern Plains

Bean plants grow in the UNL Panhandle Research Extension and Education Center’s Greenhouse. (Photo by Chabella Guzman.)

Dry bean open house is Sept. 2

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

Cargill grain elevator in East St. Louis, Missouri. (Journal photo by David Murray.)

Daily Cash Bids

High Plains cattle sales report

Janel: A burning desire

The High Plains Aquifer provides 30 percent of the water used in the nation’s irrigated agriculture. The aquifer runs under South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas. (Photo courtesy of K-State Research and Extension.)

Republican River Compact Administration meets Aug. 27

Beef on dairy webinar set for Aug. 26

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