Nebraska
Feeling that America’s “flyover states” deserve more love than they usually get from the rest of the country, Nebraska row crop grower and beef producer Joe Knobbe decided to do something about it.
In an effort to increase its biosecurity measures against HPAI, also known as bird flu, the Nebraska Department of Agriculture has issued a 30 day restriction on the importation of dairy cattle.
The study’s team has found inputting excessive heat and cold data into their model slowed plant growth, though the heat proved to be a larger issue for the plant.
Nebraska officials say a mower ignited a wildfire that burned roughly 110 square miles of central Nebraska grasslands.
Grounded by his family but propelled by vision, Trey Wasserburger is the energetic force behind creating more processing capacity for local cattle producers.
Combined, the organizations have a reach of over 85,000 producers in eight states.
A Sept. 8 Farmer-Led Field Day in Nebraska will explore drought management strategies for moisture retention, tips for integrating cattle into row crop operations, and polycropping systems with area producers.
Nebraska, Minnesota and Iowa corn projections fall below USDA’s August estimates. Soybeans are on par in all scouted states, including Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and South Dakota.
As scouts made their way through eastern Nebraska, the state’s extreme-to-exceptional drought conditions (15%) were obvious in corn. Scouts on the eastern leg saw more of a mixed bag for corn, including disease.
Despite rains the last couple of weeks in parts of the Corn Belt the latest drought monitor shows drought continues to grip a huge part of the Midwest, including Nebraska>
Harvest results in Nebraska are understandably disappointing with some of the driest conditions during the season since the drought of 2012.
Keystone XL Pipeline Gets Enough Shipper Pledges to Proceed
AgDay’s national reporter Betsy Jibben and Photojournalist Don Green has the story from North Bend, Nebraska.
The Army Corps of Engineers increasing water levels this week at Gavins Point Dam. That’s a dam in the Southeast Corner of South Dakota on the Missouri River. Picture courtesy: KTIV
People say “you can choose your friends, but not your family.” We could turn that expression around though and say “you can choose to be friends with your family.” That step could be especially important if you also choose to work with family every day in veterinary practice. That was a choice Jim Furman, DVM, MS, and his son Tom Furman, DVM, MS, made 11 years ago when Tom returned to join the family practice, the Animal Center, in Alliance, Neb.
Co-op members make motor fuel out of the used cooking oil.
Official results from the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour from Nebraska.
Business, agricultural and education groups are joining forces to expand Nebraska’s reach into international markets that generate billions of dollars annually, Gov. Pete Ricketts announced Thursday.
Six major farm organizations have declared that property tax reform, instead of a constitutional protection for a “right to farm,” should be the main priority for keeping agriculture in Nebraska strong.
A bill that would relax weight and load restrictions for farm equipment on Nebraska’s roads has advanced out of a legislative committee.
Democratic candidate Chuck Hassebrook said he would work to lower property taxes, but he’d prefer that most of the benefits go to owner-occupied farms and landowners who actually live in Nebraska.
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts is considering a proposal that would change the way agricultural land is taxed to provide relief to farmers who are struggling amid low crop prices.
Just when it looked like the trade-war pain would ease, flooding across the Midwest has done billions of dollars in damage.
A New York snack business is using Nebraska corn to create munchies from ingredients that haven’t been genetically modified.
One of the more intriguing age-old farming myths is that on a quiet moonlit night, you could go out to your cornfield and hear the crop literally growing. Turns out that’s not true – at least not exactly.
A nearly extinct corn crop of the Pawnee Nation has sprouted once again thanks to a gardener’s work in south-central Nebraska.
Recent heavy rainfall has washed away or at least lessened drought conditions in swaths of Nebraska and Iowa, according to a report released Thursday.
A farm aid nonprofit is launching an effort to deliver donated hay to ranchers in flood-stricken Nebraska, resurrecting a program first used nearly two years ago to help cattle producers facing drought conditions.
Four Nebraska farmers are demanding compensation from the state because it diverted irrigation water away from their crops to comply with the Republican River Compact.
National Reporter Betsy Jibben takes a look. Jibben talks with Justin Mensik of Morse Bluff, Nebraska; Dan Mensik of Morse Bluff, Nebraska; John Tyson of Blair, Nebraska and Tim Gregerson of Herman, Nebraska.