Sorghum is an ideal crop for High Plains agriculture and recently a commitment to more research into millet is expected to help farmers and ranchers. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

WASDE estimates sorghum production at 388 million bushels

With people spending more time outdoors in the summer, all family members should be checked for ticks afterward. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Keep your family safe from ticks

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 map continues to note dry patches

Despite record low hay inventories in Texas in 2023, prospects for higher yields this hay season are being fueled by heavy rainfall across major production regions of Texas, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts. (Texas A&M AgriLife)

Rainfall setting up favorable Texas hay prospects

(Texas Farm Bureau photo.)

Panhandle wildfire fund distributes more than $1.8 million to farmers and ranchers

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.)

Another round of rains hit Plains states

Bill introduced to help unborn livestock losses

Sheep graze at the Milo J. Shult Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Fayetteville, site of the Oct. 28 Northwest Arkansas Small Ruminants Field Day. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo.)

Texas grazing workshop deemed success