High Plains Journal

High Plains Journal and Midwest Ag Journal are weekly agricultural news magazines based in Dodge City, Kansas, serving a readership that spans twelve states across the Great Plains and Midwest. Every week, these publications feature in-depth coverage of farming and ranching issues, backed by award-winning journalism. They provide the latest industry news, market updates, weather forecasts, and boast the largest classified ads section in the area. Additionally, the journals dedicate issues to specific topics, including farm and ranch management, seed production, cattle feeding, agribusiness, and more.

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Dodge City hosts Aberdeen Junior National Show

3 days ago | hpj.com | Kylene Scott

Dodge City, Kansas was the host site for the American Junior Aberdeen Association national junior show June 16-20. AJAA hosts an annual junior national show each June that is held at a different venue every year in order to make use of different educational opportunities in the area and to help make the distance accessible to juniors in different areas of the country.
Boyer’s sculpture of white-tailed deer to be unveiled June 28

4 days ago | hpj.com | Dave Bergmeier

Central Region, Hunting, Kansas, Outdoors, Regional Roundup With one of the world’s largest collections of white-tailed deer, more than 1,500 guests have already visited the Whitetails & Wildlife Museum since opening Jan. 8 in Humboldt, Kansas. A new white-tailed deer bust by an internationally renowned sculptor is expected to draw even more attention to this museum. The bust is 1.5 times larger than a real white-tailed deer and it is more than 5-feet tall.
Scholarship contest set for rural Kansas county

4 days ago | hpj.com | Dave Bergmeier

Central Region, Education, Kansas, Regional Roundup, Youth The Edwards County Conservation District in Kinsley, Kansas, is holding a scholarship contest to honor a former board member. The Clarence Michaelis Memorial Scholarship is a $1,000 scholarship awarded in two $500 payments (one per semester). Post-secondary students (college, university, or post-graduate) are eligible.
Webinar to focus on high solids milk profitability

4 days ago | hpj.com | Dave Bergmeier

The first Four-State Dairy Nutrition and Management Conference webinar will feature Mike Hutjens going over the reason high solid’s milk is more profitable and then interviewing Kevin Siewert, the winner of the new Four-State Dairy Nutrition and Management Conference 7-Pound contest from noon to 1 p.m. June 30. The Four-State Dairy Nutrition and Management conference is a consortium of dairy specialists in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
Area Hay Prices June 21, 2025

4 days ago | hpj.com | Kylene Scott

Area Hay Prices, Forage Crops, Hay Market News, Hay Range Pasture, Hay Report, Markets TAGS: 3 Tie Small Square, alfalfa, area hay prices, bermuda grass, bluestem, Central Nebraska Hay, Central New Mexico Hay, Central Oklahoma Hay, Central Texas Hay, colorado hay, costal bermuda, East Wyoming Hay, fair hay, good hay, grass, grinding alfalfa, Hay delivered, hay market, Iowa Hay, kansas hay, large round bale, large square bale, meadow grass, Medium Bale, Minnesota Hay, missouri hay, Montains...
Prices still mostly steady with light demand and moderate trade in Kansas

4 days ago | hpj.com | Kylene Scott

Forage Crops, Hay Market News, Hay Range Pasture, Hay Report, Kansas Hay Market, Markets This past week, demand was light, trade was moderate, and prices were mostly steady, according to the Kansas Department of Agriculture-USDA Market News Service, June 24. Demand is still way off with most contributors reporting that they have had very few calls for new crop hay. Many across the state have had a challenge getting dry hay put up due to high humidity and rain chances.
State-By-State Hay Summary

4 days ago | hpj.com | Kylene Scott

Forage Crops, Hay Market News, Hay Range Pasture, Hay Report, Markets, State-by-State Hay Market *Editor’s note: Beginning June 19, most hay market reports will be published biweekly. Any questions or concerns can be emailed to [email protected]. Colorado—In the June 19 report, compared to last report, trade activity and demand light. No market trend available due to a lack of comparable trades.
Ingram investing $50 million in St. Louis to enhance cargo handling

4 days ago | hpj.com | Dave Bergmeier

Ingram Marine Group, the largest barge operator on the inland waterways, announced plans to invest $50 million in upgrading its barge-loading and grain-handling facilities in the St. Louis area. The company focuses on moving bulk and break-bulk commodities, including fertilizer, steel and grain exports, to the Gulf of America. With its acquisition of SCF in February 2024, Ingram also picked up fleeting and barge maintenance services, expanding its workforce in the St. Louis region to about 200.
BEAD program changes trigger alarm bells and protests

5 days ago | hpj.com | Dave Bergmeier

Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick has been vowing to “revamp” the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program—a federal-state partnership established by Congress in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to provide for rural broadband construction—to remove what he called “burdensome regulations” and “woke mandates” imposed by the Biden administration on states and bidding internet service providers.
High Plains cattle sales report

5 days ago | hpj.com | Dave Bergmeier

Beef, Cattle Report, Colorado, Feeder, Iowa, Kansas, Livestock, Livestock Markets, Livestock Markets, Markets, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Stocker, Texas The High Plains area weekly weighted average direct cattle sales results for the week ending June 15, reported receipts of 45,207 head compared to 63,138 head a week ago and 80,890 head a year ago, according to the USDA Livestock Poultry and Grain Market News Division, St. Joseph, Missouri. The report was based on sales...