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.)

Pacific storms dump snow into Colorado, New Mexico

Grazing livestock on cover crops is one of the most efficient ways to improve soil fertility. (Courtesy photo.)

Wilson recipient Sitzman scholarship

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.)

Heavy rains, snow strike the West

Livestock tank maintenance doesn’t get an off season

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.)

Drier week but cold weather lingered longer

A center-pivot irrigation system waters a cornfield near Adams, Nebraska, south of Lincoln. (Photo by Craig Chandler, University Communication and Marketing.)

Husker study find aquifer depletion threatens crop yields

Black Angus cattle graze along rocky area of pasture. (Courtesy photo.)

Calculating Annual Cow Costs webinar series scheduled for January and February

Field of millet in western Nebraska. (Photo by Chabella Guzman.)

Nebraska Extension to host grain marketing workshops in Crawford and Oshkosh