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 rains fell in parts of the Plains

Aerial still image of grain silos in the village of Brule, Nebraska, taken by a drone at sunset. (Photo: iStock - halbergman)

Grain Report May 20 2025

Lahoma Field Day brings wheat growers together for crop update 

A wheat field near Dodge City, Kansas, in mid-May. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

Kansas wheat crop estimated at 338.5 million bushels

Potential MAHA report causes angst with ag groups

Hauling The Combines To Central Texas

Longfellow Elementary second-grader Carmella Lopez and her friends learned more about swine and how they are raised at the swine session during the AgSplosion Field Day in Scottsbluff. (Photo courtesy of Chabella Guzman.)

Students explore agriculture at annual AgSplosion Field Day

Hayden On Harvest: South Texas wheat harvest is complete!