A familiar voice has returned to the Rural Radio Network (RRN), as the Network expands its coverage of rodeo. Rebel Sjeklocha joined the Nebraska Rural Radio Association (NRRA) broadcast team as a podcast host and multimedia producer with a special emphasis on rodeo and western life. “We're thrilled to welcome…
LINCOLN, NEB.– The Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation awarded the Ron Hanson Collegiate Leader Scholarship to three members of Collegiate Farm Bureau at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln (UNL) who are pursuing degrees from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR). Emily Eilers, a senior from Wayne, Abygail Streff,…
Over 700 elementary students recently gathered at Fonner Park in Grand Island, Nebraska, for agriculture education. Consisting of mostly 4th graders from 15 area schools, the students learned about various aspects of the ag industry. JessaLynn Hudson, a Nebraska Cattlemen Senior Beef Ambassador, was a presenter at this year’s event.…
The Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln has announced the recipients of scholarships for the 2024-25 academic year. The one-time scholarships will be awarded to over 100 students totaling $189,000 for the ensuing academic year. The Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program was established in 2010 as a gift…
It’s a combination perhaps more iconic than Tom and Jerry, more delicious than peanut butter and jelly, and more impactful than Tommie Frazier and Brook Berringer in the 1994 national championship. Nebraska native Alexa Carter has created the Midwest duo of a lifetime: the Chili Roll. The Chili Roll is…
The new trailer for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire dropped on Monday — and with it, the jaws of millions of the franchise's fans. The trailer opens with a voice-over that heralds the return of an original antagonist, William Atherton's Walter Peck, the representative of the Environmental Protection Agency who tried to…
The Nebraska Pork Producers Association (NPPA )has announced a group of five college-age students who are set to participate in the year-long Pork Ambassadors program. Olivia Vanderford is a freshman studying agricultural communications at UNL. Daughter of Jon and Taryn Vanderford of Lincoln, NE. Danielle Burge is a junior at…
KEARNEY, NEB. -- Ten farmers, ranchers, and agribusiness professionals from across Nebraska have been selected for Nebraska Farm Bureau’s (NEFB) 2024 Leadership Academy. They will begin a year-long program starting Feb. 15-16 in Kearney. “The goal of leadership academy is to equip the future leaders of Farm Bureau with the tools…
A University of Nebraska - Lincoln (UNL) student was among eight scholarship recipients during the annual NAFB (National Association of Farm Broadcasting) Foundation luncheon. Madison Kreifels, a junior at UNL, received the Robert E. and Patricia A Schmidt Foundation Scholarship, worth $10,000. Kreifels is studying Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communication…
On Wednesday, Sony Pictures unveiled the teaser to Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the follow-up to the franchise-resurrecting 2021 film Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Carrie Coon, Logan Kim and Celeste O’Connor are back, along with stars from the original Ghostbusters films: franchise co-creator Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and…
