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Ag News, Disaster, Editors, Fire, Kylene Scott, Landjournal, Livestock

Learning from wildfires helps farmers, ranchers deal with the aftermath 

The Smokehouse Creek Fire burned a million acres in 2024. Texas A&M AgriLife's Morgan Treadwell said there is always something to be learned from events like this. Read More

(Photo courtesy of Noble Research Institute.)
Cow Calf, Sheep and Goats, Soil Health, Stocker

Noble, Certified Angus Beef team up to boost rangeland health

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, Drought Monitor, Water, Weather

Parts of High Plains received meaningful rain



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.)

Precipitation lacking throughout the High Plains

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 rains hit parts of the Plains

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.)

Hurricanes produced downpours along coasts

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.)

Spotty rain brought some relief to High Plains

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.)

Rain found its way into drought-affected areas

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.)

Rain found its way to parts of the High Plains

Texas wildfire (Texas A&M Forest Service photo.)

Smokehouse Creek wildfire expected to be contained March 14 

Students in a rangeland ecosystem assessment and monitoring class collect samples for a field lab near Woods Landing, Wyoming. (Photo by Jeff Beck.)

UW’s Rangeland Ecology and Watershed Management Program among the few accredited programs of its kind