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.)

The heat is on for the High Plains

Kansas Department of Agriculture

Kansas accepting organic cost share applications

A herd of cattle moves to a new pasture as part of the landowners land management initiative at Caquelin's Ranch. (USDA NRCS Montana)

A rancher’s journey: Caring for the land, cattle, and community

  • By USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Cows need to be monitored for calving-related issues, according to veterinarians at K-State’s Beef Cattle Institute. (Photo: K-State Research and Extension)

WASDE raises red meat and poultry production

Sustainable protectors through the cab

A small piglet in the farm. Swine in a stall. Shallow depth of field portrait of young pig in the farm.

U.S. hog inventory up 1%

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.)

Plains area felt beneficial rain

Regina Bird

June saw the gamut of weather in the central Plains