High Plains Journal

Many factors go into commodity prices. Wheat is no different.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Grain Market News report for Aug. 18, hard red winter wheat prices in Kansas were averaging anywhere from $6.69 to $6.83 per bushel, much higher than they were a year ago. In the same report in 2025, those same locations were reporting prices from $4.17 to...

Payton Dean Carroll, 25, of Barry, Texas, was arrested Aug. 21 in Chambers County on two theft of livestock warrants stemming from investigations involving nearly $200,000 in unpaid cattle purchases.

The warrants were issued in Austin and Navarro, Texas counties. Authorities allege Carroll failed to pay a combined $192,448.49 for cattle purchased through two separa...

During the early part of last week, an amplified ridge-trough pattern over North America brought widespread late summer heat to the West and south-central United States.

Milder temperatures overspread the Corn Belt. The north side of the mean ridge provided a focus for convective activity, with narrow swaths of locally heavy rainfall extending across Nebraska and Mi...

Built to create a consistent, agronomically correct strip that promotes strong emergence and yield potential, Racine, Wisconsin-based Case IH’s Nutri-Tiller 1000 series continues to evolve to meet the needs of today’s producers.

The introduction of a new 16-row folding mounted toolbar configuration and a knife/coulter option provides farmers with greater productivit...

A snapshot of daily cash grain bids across the High Plains, featuring local elevator prices for corn, soybeans, wheat and sorghum in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas, along with annual grain price trends.

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