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10 Teams Vie for $100,000 in Ag Innovation Challenge
Ten start-up companies offering agricultural innovations are now vying for a top prize of $100,000 in the 2025 Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge. The American Farm Bureau Federation, in partnership with Farm Credit, continues to elevate the importance of entrepreneurship in agriculture through the contest. “New ideas and innovative businesses…
August’s Mid-America Manufacturing Index Slumps
For the fourth time in 2024, the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a leading For the fourth time in 2024, the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a leading economic indicator for the nine-state region stretching from Minnesota to Arkansas, slumped below the 50.0 growth neutral threshold. Overall Index: TheBusiness…
Livestock Nutrition Center releases statement in response to Beutler & Son Rodeo Co. tragedy
Livestock Nutrition Center, the company who sold and delivered feed contaminated with rumensin to the Beutler & Son Rodeo Company, recently released a statement regarding the situation. The mistake led to the death of over 70 horses, many of which were high caliber ProRodeo animal athletes. LNC President Dr. Ronnie…
Scotts Bluff, Agate Fossil Beds make economic impact
GERING NEB. – A new National Park Service report shows that 189,829 visitors to Scotts Bluff and Agate Fossil Beds National Monuments in 2023 spent $12,990,000 in communities near the parks. That spending supported 171 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of…
Hiway 92 Raceway results
Here are the main event winners from the racing at Hiway 92 Raceway from last Saturday, August 31st. Minions - Aly Simons, Minatare Warriors - Terry Gass, Scottsbluff Farm Trucks - Allan Cress, Scottsbluff Vintage - Brian Harden, Scottsbluff Superstocks - Kyle Austin, Scottsbluff Racing will return once again this…
WNCC men, women soccer fall to Indian Hills over weekend
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa -- The Western Nebraska Community College men’s and women’s soccer team learned what it takes to be a championship team after facing ranked Indian Hills Community College Saturday in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The Cougar men faced the No. 7 Indian Hills and allowed three goals each half…
Largest cattle feedlot in Nebraska to begin taking feeders later this month
Construction workers are hurrying to put the final touches on what is planned to be the state’s largest feedlot for feeding cattle. Blackshirt Feeders, led by a trio of Canadian veterinarians who are veteran feedlot consultants, plans to begin shipping in cattle within a month to its sprawling complex of…
2nd annual Horizon Music Festival hits all the right notes
The second annual Horizon Music Festival was a huge success, bringing in fans from throughout the region. Thousands attended the two-day world-class Christian music festival with musical acts including Rhett Walker and Skillet packing concert-goers in Kahuna Park on the southeast corner of Five Rocks Amphitheater. The standing-only area in…
Husker volleyball back in action tonight
Dallas- The second ranked Nebraka volleyball team will play its third straight match against a team from Texas when it heads to Dallas to face SMU at Moody Coliseum tonight at 7 p.m CT. Nebraska opened the college volleyball season with a 3-1 win over No. 9 Kentucky at the…
Soybean Export Sales Drop Sharply, but Rebound Coming
Global demand for U.S. soybeans has fallen sharply as international buyers remain discouraged by the strong dollar, slowing economic growth, and uncertainty over the direction of U.S. trade policy in an election year. Export sales of new-crop soybeans are historically low as the 2024-2025 marketing year begins on September 1.…