Since 2010, the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) has served the needs of food animal veterinarians and stakeholders in animal agriculture across the nation by supporting veterinary educational debt repayment in return for veterinarians’ services in designated, high priority, shortage situations. In this time,…
A 47-year career in the KRVN Engineering Department comes to an end this week when Jim Liffrig retires. His primary responsibility over the years has been the 880 AM transmitter site near Holdrege. Fresh out of engineering trade school in Minneapolis, Liffrig moved from Minneapolis to Holdrege with intentions to…
Nebraska net farm income this year is projected to be $6.0 billion according to a report by the Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center at the University of Missouri in collaboration with the Center for Agricultural Profitability at the University of Nebraska. If accurate, income will decline $1.2 billion…
At approximately 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9th, 2024, a Kearney Police Department K-9 Officer was on routine patrol, when he observed a suspicious vehicle parked near a storage facility in the 1600 block of 30th Avenue and saw two adult male subjects standing outside the car. The officer recognized…
QUINCY, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ADM Animal Nutrition, a division of ADM (NYSE: ADM), is expanding the recall announced on March, 30, 2024, to include the following additional products due to elevated levels of magnesium, sodium, calcium and/or phosphorus: Pen Pals® Chicken Starter-Grower (Product Nos. 70009AAA46 and 70009AAA44); Pen Pals Egg Maker Complete (Product No.…
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BROKEN BOW - The Custer County Ag Society approved a new board member to fill a vacancy. Two people put themselves forward to be considered for the opening. After a brief executive session, the board voted to appoint Desirei Cook. The board also voted to allow food trucks to set…
Tom Elmo Clemente has been honored with the Larry Tonniges Research Achievement Award by the Nebraska Soybean Board for his groundbreaking contributions to soybean research. Clemente has been described by the industry as a distinguished figure in the realm of plant genetics and biotechnology. The award, which was made possible…
Courtesy/ Lincoln County Sheriff's Office. Tyrone Cash. APRIL 11, 2024 (NORTH PLATTE, NEB.) —Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested a Utah man after locating nearly five pounds of suspected fentanyl pills during a traffic stop in North Platte. Sunday, April 7, at approximately 11:00 p.m., a trooper observed a…
The nursing program at Mid-Plains Community College has been honored with an Outstanding Technical Program award from theAmerican Technical Education Association. The recognition came Thursday afternoon during the 61st ATEA National Conference in Wichita, Kan. The selection was based on the nursing program’s many accomplishments in 2023. Those included a…
