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Photo by Dave Bergmeier.
Avian, Chickens, Dave Bergmeier, Editors, Livestock, Poultry, Turkeys

USDA adjusts poultry and egg outlooks

USDA raises broiler and turkey production forecasts, lowers egg production and adjusts poultry and egg price outlooks. Read More

Seth Meyer, director, FAPRI-MU and associate professor, University of Missouri. (Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)
Crops and Cattle, Dave Bergmeier, Editors

Numbers tell two stories about ag profitability

Sara Wyant
Agripulse, Columns, Columns, economy, Farm Bill, Opinion, USDA

Senate Ag Committee will try again to move a farm bill

An Oklahoma wheat field. (Photo by Andrea Hanson.)

USDA trims wheat stocks as corn, soybean production forecasts shift 

  • August 13, 2026
  • By HPJ Staff

USDA, DHS strengthen coordination against New World screwworm  

  • August 13, 2026
  • By Lacey Vilhauer
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.)

Heat continues to be the story for much of the Plains

  • August 13, 2026
  • By Richard Tinker

FDA authorizes CLiK Extra for NWS prevention 

  • August 12, 2026
  • By Lacey Vilhauer

Gearing up for the August USDA WASDE report

  • August 12, 2026
  • By Naomi Blohm
(Journal stock photo by Jennifer Theurer.)

K-State sheep and goat specialist says tags and biosecurity help to protect flocks

  • August 10, 2026
  • By Pat Melgares │ K-State Extension news service
Keeping cattle well fed and watered helps to keep them healthy. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

U.S. Cattle on Feed shows 2% increase

  • August 7, 2026
  • By dave-bergmeier
Pivit, circle irrigation in an agriculture field along highway 138 near Orvid, Nebraska. (Adobe Stock-#604130167 │ Bob)

Twenty-five years of U.S. irrigation data shows shifting trends at the county-level

  • August 6, 2026
  • By University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension
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