Posted: 8:19 AM The condition of the Kansas winter wheat crop has deteriorated in the wake of December's limited rain and snow.

Posted: 9:40 AM The snowstorm that pummeled the upper Midwest last week is helping ease dry conditions in Iowa but hasn't done much to relax the overall grip of the worst U.S. drought in decades.

Posted: 12:48 PM Ranchers could find watering cattle more difficult this winter because drought conditions have left many ponds with little water in them.

Posted: 1:17 PM Attorney Stacey Seibel told The Hutchinson News that she asked farmers about their inheritance plans at a recent seminar in Plainville.

Posted: 12:19 PM Gov. Sam Brownback said at a meeting Thursday that the task force will meet on a regular basis because the drought in many respects is more severe than the droughts of the 1930s and 1950s.

Posted: 5:09 AM Gov. Sam Brownback says Kansas farmers, ranchers and communities should review their water use and conservation plans as drought conditions persist.

Posted: 10:36 AM The worst U.S. drought in decades continues its iron-fisted grip across much of the nation's key farming states, though some relief could come from the first major snowstorm of the season trekking eastward across the Midwest.

Posted: 9:18 AM Most emergency preparations this time of the year focus on winter weather.

Updated: 8:23 AM A new report shows that Sumner County was Kansas' top 2012 winter wheat producer.

Updated: 10:56 PM Even in parts of the state where the 2013 crop was able to make a good start, time is running out.

Posted: 7:10 AM A new industry snapshot suggests this year's drought has had little effect on sales of farm machinery around the country.

Posted: 6:45 AM Mosquito control officials in the Florida Keys think genetically modified mosquitoes might help reduce the risk of dengue fever in Key West.

Posted: 1:14 PM First District Rep. Tim Huelskamp says he still has no answers for what he calls a vindictive and petty move by House leadership to remove him from key congressional committees.

Posted: 4:59 AM The Peterson farm brothers from Assaria made a splash with their parody video "I'm Farming And I Grow It." Now they're back with another one -- "Farmer Style."

Updated: 9:16 PM Representative Tim Huelskamp of Kansas' First District was removed from the House Budget and Agriculture Committees on Monday.

Posted: 4:08 PM A Marion County rancher and a Gray County cattle feeder have been elected by members of the Kansas Livestock Association to serve as officers

Posted: 8:26 AM The final day of the 100th convention of the Kansas Livestock Association will include a report by an analyst on the drought's effect on the nation's cattle inventory and prices.

Posted: 9:29 AM A new report shows that the nation's worst drought in decades has worsened for a second straight week, after conditions had improved for more than a month.

Posted: 3:33 PM Court will hear arguments Dec. 17 in Topeka

Posted: 11:42 AM Hundreds of Kansas cattle producers will converge in Wichita this week to hear Republican political strategist Karl Rove discuss what he believes the recent election means for the nation and its agricultural sector.

Updated: 9:03 AM The emerging Kansas winter wheat crop continues to suffer from warm, dry and windy weather.

Updated: 6:34 PM Dry conditions for two years have forced growers to increase irrigation, but they do not expect a shortage of trees.

Posted: 12:53 PM Hay supplies are tight and prices are high.

Posted: 1:52 PM A Kansas dairy farm says it has filed for Chapter 12 bankruptcy because continued drought and heat reduced the amount of quality feed and increased stress for the operation's 55 cows.

Posted: 10:50 AM A new report shows that the nation's worst drought in decades is getting worse again, ending an encouraging five-week run of improving conditions.