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Soil moisture is defined as the ratio of the volume of water to the volume of soil. (Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)
Crops, General, Kylene Scott, Water

Reports indicate topsoil moisture levels short, very short in some areas

Topsoil moisture levels are short and very short for the week ending April 13 according to USDA reports. Read More

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.)
Ag News, Alfalfa, Beef, Canola, Corn, Cotton, Cow Calf, Crops, Dairy, Feeder, Forage Crops, Grain Sorghum, Horses, Poultry, Seedstock, Sheep and Goats, Soybeans, Stocker, Sunflowers, Swine, Wheat

Stormy week helps ease drought stress

baby lambs
FFA, Livestock, Sheep and Goats, Youth, Youth Programs

July market report: Lamb imports and total supply significantly down



Hay Markets

Prices steady despite slower demand

Hay Markets

Hay demand slows

Drought worsens in northwest Kansas

Beneficial rainfall in Midwest, High Plains and west improves drought conditions in some areas

Heavy rain improves drought conditions in central US

  • By Deborah Bathke, National Drought Mitigation Center

Wheat field day set May 18 for northeast Panhandle

  • By Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

Cooler temps, snow spread across Plains; dust storms reported in North Dakota and Montana

Dry conditions dominate the Southwest, High Plains

  • By Brian Fuchs, National Drought Mitigation Center