Nebraska

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.