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KNEB.tv News: March 14, 2024
Today on KNEB.tv News: Gering man being held on $1 million bond; accused of savagely beating one-year-old boy Scottsbluff School Board votes to fill in former Splash Arena with dirt and gravel Rezoning ordinances to allow a state of the art athletic center to be built in northeast Scottsbluff are…
NDEE releases first State Climate Action Plan
The State of Nebraska has its first-ever Climate Action Plan. The Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) has submitted the state’s Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on March 1. The PCAP is available on NDEE’s website: http://dee.ne.gov/ndeqprog.nsf/onweb/cprg. This PCAP was developed with…
One of two budget adjustment bills requested by the governor gets first round approval
Nebraska lawmakers have given first round approval to a bill that contains many of the Governor's suggested adjustments to the current biennial budget. LB 1412 was advanced on a vote of 39 to 4 Wednesday, but not before an eight hour filibuster was ended through a cloture vote. During floor…
Farmers Get Real About Experience with Biologicals in Mosaic Biosciences™ Frontier Fields Initiative
TAMPA, FL– With the deluge of information about products in the biologicals market, farmers may feel bombarded with marketing messages rather than getting real and insightful perspectives. Mosaic Biosciences™ is committed to bringing science and transparency to the biologicals market, evident through their new Frontier Fields initiative. Frontier Fields will…
Bayer pilots unique generative AI tool for agriculture
SAN FRANCISCO, March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Bayer today announced the pilot of an expert GenAI system to benefit farmers and up-level agronomists in their daily work. The company has been using proprietary agronomic data to train a large language model (LLM) with years of internal data, insights from thousands of trials…
Bayard’s Houchin signs to play football at Concordia University
On Wednesday afternoon at Bayard High School senior Kolby Houchin announced his decision to continue his football career by signing with Concordia University in Seward, Nebraska. "I had a couple different schools I was looking at, but at the end of the day Concordia was just definitely the right fit.…
Kearney to host Husker spring match
Husker volleyball is returning to Kearney. The Huskers will face Denver in its spring match at Kearney High School on Saturday, May 4 at 2 p.m. Doors to the match will open at 12:30 p.m. The Huskers will sign autographs following the match. Kearney High School's new gym opened in…
WNCC baseball falls to South Mountain 19-7
PHOENIX, Ariz., -- The Western Nebraska Community College baseball team got behind early and never could catch up as South Mountain Community College scored in all six innings in posting a 19-7 win over WNCC Wednesday at Arizona. WNCC has dropped seven straight on the current road trip. WNCC will…
From Lab to Loaf
Not every wheat farmer can see and handle the flour made from their harvest, let alone taste a loaf of bread made from that wheat. But that was exactly the experience of one participant in the 2024 Kansas Wheat Leadership Program recently conducted by Kansas Wheat. Neil Bekemeyer, a wheat…
Shockers blowout Huskers in series finale
Nebraska wrapped up its midweek action in Wichita with a 9-3 loss at Wichita State on Wednesday night at Eck Stadium. Nebraska (10-5) totaled three runs on five hits and committed two errors, while Wichita State (10-6) recorded nine runs, 10 hits and an error. Cayden Brumbaugh led the Huskers…
