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KAAPA Weekly Crop Progress Report | 5/6/24
Corn Planted 36%; 27% last week; 39% on averageCorn Emerged 12%; 7% last week; 9% on averageSoybeans Planted 25%; 18% last week; 21% on averageSoybeans Emerged 9%; 4% on averageWinter Wheat Headed 43%; 30% last week; 32% on averageWinter Wheat Condition 50% G/E; 49% G/E last week; 29% G/E last…
Brockett’s No-Hitter Brings in Weekly Accolades
Junior Jackson Brockett has been named the Big Ten’s Pitcher of the Week and earned Pitcher of the Week recognition on the national level by D1Baseball and Perfect Game on Monday afternoon. Brockett tossed the sixth individual no-hitter in program history, and the first nine-inning no-hitter since 1954 in Nebraska’s…
Beef Month: Nebraska boy celebrates first birthday with steak smash
Nebraska is the Beef State, and when your birthday falls during Beef Month, you celebrate accordingly. One-year-old Waitley is the son of Tori and Casey Land of Fullerton. His parents said he loves animals and being outdoors. He also enjoys being with his older sister, Laynie. Instead of cake or…
Gray named Big Ten Player of the Week
Sydney Gray was named the final Big Ten Player of the Week of the 2024 season on Monday. Gray was honored for the third time this season, as she tied for the most player-of-the-week awards in a season in Big Ten history. Gray is just the eighth player in Big…
Three area projects receive Scotts Bluff Area Visitors Bureau grants
The Scotts Bluff Area Visitors Bureau has awarded funds to the Scotts Bluff County Ag Society, The Circle the Bluffs Pow-Wow and 308 United Softball. With the popularity of art growing in Nebraska, the tourism committee was excited to see the plans for the grandstands at the Scotts Bluff County…
Spring Thistle Control
Native Nebraska pasture plants such as Tall, Platte (prairie), Flodman, Yellowspine, and Wavyleaf (gray) Thistles can be beneficial for butterflies and provide seeds for songbirds. However, many ‘nonnative’ Thistle species such as Musk, Canada, Plumeless, Bull and Scotch are ‘Noxious Weeds’ that must be controlled depending on your Nebraska county.…
Scottsbluff man dies in early Friday morning crash in Banner County
Authorities say a 29-year-old Scottsbluff man died from injuries sustained in a one-vehicle accident late last week. Banner County Sheriff Zane Hopkins says his office was notified of the accident on Highway 88 about four miles east of the Wyoming line around 6 a.m. Friday morning. He says the investigation…
Kimball Schools going to 4-day weeks in 2024-25 school year
While we're closing in on the final days of the 2023-24 school year, Kimball Public School administrators and staff are starting preparations for a four-day school week next year. Superintendent Trevor Anderson says the school board decision earlier this spring approving the change from "four-and-a-half" days came after discussion with…
Construction begins on groundbreaking precision ag research center
Construction of the National Center for Resilient and Regenerative Precision Agriculture at Nebraska Innovation Campus launched with a ceremonial turning of dirt on May 6. The state-of-the-art research center is a partnership between the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service, University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Nebraska Innovation Campus. The center will…
Lancers win Region IX Golf championship
TORRINGTON, Wyo. – Eastern Wyoming College’s golf team won the Region IX District/Region Tournament held April 25-26 at the Walking Stick Golf Course in Pueblo, Colorado. The Lancers had three golfers in the top five and Lancer Joshua Chapman was the top individual golfer. Chapman finished with a +1 to…
