Four major bacterial diseases affect Nebraska dry bean crops: common blight, halo blight, brown spot, and wilt. Each disease is caused by a distinct pathogen and favored by environmental ...

Dry conditions in September and so far in October have led to deepening drought in the state, even in areas of eastern Nebraska that earlier battled heavy rains and flooding.

Dry beans are grown in dry climates, and that is why you see them grown in the panhandle and not much further east.” If you want to know more about dry beans, go to the Nebraska Dry Bean ...

On a stretch of Highway 168 in Clovis, dried out weeds are starting to turn a pinkish color. Caltrans describes this as a natural cycle before the grass completely dries out.

There’s another bad weed creeping into Southeast Nebraska -- sericea lespedeza -- a weed whose seeds will survive for 20 years, a weed that, when mature, cattle won't touch.

OMAHA (AP) — Parts of southern Nebraska have received some much-needed rain, but northern and western parts of state remain hot and dry, which is putting stress on crops and ...