Proposition 4 charts Texas water future

Farmland

Land values holding steady as water increasingly affecting prices

(Photo courtesy of Ranch-bot.)

Changing the water-monitoring game for ranchers

Plenty of "beach" showing on the western shore of the Mississippi River at the River Park in Helena-West Helena, Arkansas. The lower reaches of the river saw its levels dropping due to lack of rainfall upstream. Taken Sept. 3, 2025. (U of Arkanas System Division of Agriculture photo by Tucker Vonkanel)

Nebraska sues Colorado over water rights

Maintaining egg production during cold months 

Broiler chickens taken at the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station's Savoy Research Complex in August 2023. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo)

Poultry growers: Have you checked your water lines lately?

  • By John Lovett │ University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture

Salt water leak kills over 28 cattle in Oklahoma 

Mississippi River levels were lowering at the start of September. The US Coast Guard implemented draft restrictions on Sept. 2, 2025, as the river at Memphis, Tennessee, began hitting negative numbers. Photo taken Sept. 2, 2025, in Crittenden County. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo by Katrina Wallace)

Basis sinking faster than the Mississippi at Memphis