texas panhandle

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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

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, Weather

Heat was the story of the past week

Deb Zoran, Texas A&M University professor and director of the Veterinary Emergency Team, pictured at left was deployed to Canadian, Texas in response to the Panhandle wildfire outbreaks in early March. (Photo courtesy of Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications.)
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Vet response team helps wildfire recovery, graduates 



Cotton field harvest (Photo: iStock - Jacob Mathers)

Texas High Plains planting conditions – final report

Wildfire. (Chad Boyd (D4935-1)).

Lonestar Stockyards to have wildfire relief fundraiser

Running P Cattle Co.: Rising from the Texas ashes

Hay bales of all kinds and sizes were collected and stacked in four Animal Supply Points operated by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in response to the Smokehouse Creek, Windy Deuce and Grapevine Creek fires. (Sam Craft/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Moving into the next stage of Panhandle wildfire recovery

Wildfire recovery through the eyes of a veterinarian

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.)

Active weather pattern starting to pop up

Black smoke and flames engulfed more than a million acres of grassland across the Texas Panhandle, but with the help of rain and enough recovery time, the grass can come back stronger. (Sam Craft/Texas A&M AgriLife.)

Bringing back native grasslands after wildfire

Grain Elevator (Journal photo by Lacey Newlin)

Still on the hunt for needed rain