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.

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 ...

This summer, although a few tomatoes have begun to appear, my heirloom varieties looked strange, and I couldn’t understand ...

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.