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 stretch ahead as 2024 nears end

Dr. Manjit Misra, director of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Sergio Abit, plant and soil sciences professor, and Dr. Cynda Clary, associate dean for the Ferguson College of Agriculture. (Photo courtesy of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities)

Abit recognized with 2024 Excellence in Teaching award

Disinfection, fertilizer and pesticide products isolated on white background with clipping path. Protective respirator mask, pump pressure sprayer and spray bottles for gardening and housekeeping (Photo: iStock │ #1496038886 - Visivasnc)

Mizzou gets pest management grant

Experts predict poultry and egg market prices for 2025 and beyond 

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.)

Welcome rain reports noted in eastern Texas

Highly pathogenic avian influenza most often spreads when commercial or domestic poultry contract the virus from migratory birds in the wild. (Photo by Mitchell Alcala, OSU Agriculture)

OSU Extension warns poultry owners to know the signs of highly pathogenic avian influenza

Dormant seeded spring wheat, on the left, compared with spring seeded spring wheat, on the right, at Dakota Lakes Research Farm near Pierre, South Dakota. (Courtesy photo.)

Dormant seeding makes room for wheat in crop rotations

K-State veterinary toxicologist Steve Ensley says lactating animals have a higher chance of becoming water deprived, given their additional fluid needs for milk production. (Photo: K-State Research and Extension news service)

USDA order to test milk to address H5N1 in dairy herds