Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.6 million head on May 1, 2024. The inventory was 1 percent below May 1, 2023. Placements in feedlots during April totaled 1.66 million head, 6 percent…
An Ainsworth, Nebraska teen was a part of rodeo history last week at Kid Rock’s Rock N Roll Rodeo in Arlington, Texas. Kid Rock and the PBR teamed up to produce the world’s first ever “team” rodeo at AT&T Stadium on March 17. Six teams battled in head to…
Numerous tornadoes and funnel clouds in southwest and west-central Nebraska Thursday night May 24, 2024. Picture from between Hayes Center and Maywood's Highway 83 junction courtesy of Greg Tetley. Numerous reports of tornadoes and large hail as storms pass through southwest and west-central Nebraska last night, according to the North…
Emphasizing the quality and consistency of U.S. red meat is the key to expanding the international customer base, according to the impressive lineup of opening day speakers on Wednesday at the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) Spring Conference in Kansas City. USMEF members from throughout the nation also learned about additional resources…
A love for trees and demand knocking on their front door was the start of Luthy’s Tree Farm near Aurora, NE. Greg Luthy explained the importance of bringing trees to the Midwest and what varieties he provides for his customers in the latest episode of Fridays in the Field.…
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Braxton Hammond of Southern Valley high school signed a letter of intent yesterday to wrestle at Southeast Community College in Lincoln next year. Hammond had a great season finishing third in Class D at 120 pounds. he won 54 matches this year. During his career his placed three times at…
Inorganic fertilizers are a critical input into corn production. Partly because of their use, corn production in Nebraska has grown from 200 million bushels in the mid-1950s to over 1.8 billion bushels today. What are the trends regarding fertilizer use in Nebraska? A CropWatch article by Richard Ferguson, Bijesh Maharjan, and Javed…
Year 3 Kicks Off Memorial Weekend and Includes Prize Levels LINCOLN, Nebr. (May 22, 2024) – Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation (NSHSF) will kick off the 2024 WanderNebraska Travel Adventure Program on Memorial Weekend with many updates for the third year of the program. WanderNebraska was created to promote the…
WASHINGTON – Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member David Scott made the following statement after Chairman GT Thompson advanced partisan legislation out of Committee. “For over a year, Democrats have engaged with the Chairman, striving for a genuinely bipartisan farm bill that meets the needs of our farmers and the families they feed. This…