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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

  • August 13, 2023
  • By HPJ Staff
Hay Markets

Hay demand slows

  • August 6, 2023
  • By HPJ Staff

Drought worsens in northwest Kansas

  • December 15, 2022
  • By By Curtis Riganti, National Drought Mitigation Center

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

  • August 26, 2021
  • By Curtis Riganti, National Drought Mitigation Center

Heavy rain improves drought conditions in central US

  • July 1, 2021
  • By Deborah Bathke, National Drought Mitigation Center

Wheat field day set May 18 for northeast Panhandle

  • May 11, 2021
  • By Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

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

  • April 22, 2021
  • By Richard Heim, NOAA/NCEI

Dry conditions dominate the Southwest, High Plains

  • March 4, 2021
  • By Brian Fuchs, National Drought Mitigation Center
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