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.)

Dry weather was the story for many in the High Plains

Nebraska restricts importation of dairy cattle 

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.)

Winter found its way into spring

Dairy cows

Strain of avian influenza found in dairy cattle

Highly pathogenic avian influenza detected in dairy cattle

Dairy cow and newborn calf. (Photo courtesy of Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health.)

IDFA notes that health agencies have been proactive

Nathan Stepp, senior agriculturalist-operations lead at the OSU Agronomy Research Station, gathers wheat seedlings last fall to be transplanted into the site's greenhouses. (Photo by Mitchell Alcala, OSU Agriculture)

OSU wheat genetics dominate commercial markets despite outdated infrastructure

Feedlot near Dodge City, Kansas. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

Prices generate a lot of optimism