3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (787+ words) Drought and abnormal dryness continued to expand or intensify this past week across parts of the central and south-central United States as flash drought conditions continued from much of Texas northeast to the middle and lower Mississippi River Valley. In…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (46+ words) High Plains Journal Bean Growers Day set for Aug. 25 The 2026 Bean Growers Day in Grant will be held on Aug. 25, at the Stumpf International Wheat Center. The event will feature several speakers and an industry update....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (398+ words) The big news in the cattle industry is the closing of the Tyson processing plant in Joslin, Illinois. This closing will leave 2,700 people without jobs on a single day notice. They will receive pay for two months. This plant opened…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (524+ words) The area with the highest rainfall amounts this past week was primarily a wide band from Nebraska east to Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and West Virginia. Totals exceeding 5 inches were observed in central Illinois and Indiana, with some areas of…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (136+ words) Schaffer named Arkansas 4-H Governor’s Award winner High Plains Journal Schaffer named Arkansas 4-H Governor’s Award winner Sulli Schaffer, a Gravette High School senior, was recently named the recipient of the 2026 Arkansas 4-H Governor’s Award at the conclusion of the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (394+ words) A beef plant lockout at Cargill’s Fort Morgan, Colorado, has ended as the company and the employees’ bargaining unit confirmed a new agreement has been reached. The lockout started nearly 85 days ago and had impacted about 1,700 workers. In late July,…...