Farm Athletes Is Creating Opportunities for College Athletes from Farm and Ranch Backgrounds

Farm Athletes Is Creating Opportunities for College Athletes from Farm and Ranch Backgrounds

Farm Athletes offers NIL deals to college athletes from farm and ranch backgrounds. Tractor Tuesday is a revolutionary new auction platform for agriculture equipment. HASTINGS - Tractor Tuesday, a new online auction platform for agriculture machinery, proudly presents Farm Athletes, a groundbreaking initiative dedicated to supporting NCAA college athletes from farm…
Cass County 4-H Ambassador inspires next generation of 4-Hers

Cass County 4-H Ambassador inspires next generation of 4-Hers

A 4-H Ambassador from Lewisville, Nebraska, was hard at work over the weekend preparing her livestock for the Nebraska State Fair. Corrine Cavanaugh has been in 4-H since she was in kindergarten and is involved in a number of activities, including showing sheep and cattle. As a 4-H ambassador, Cavanaugh…
Arrest Warrant issued in felony Child Abuse case

Arrest Warrant issued in felony Child Abuse case

Dawson County Judge Jeffrey Wightman issued an arrest warrant for a 27-year-old Farnam man who failed to appear for his court hearing Monday morning. Ruben Trevino, Jr. is charged with two counts of Felony Child Abuse for allegedly driving recklessly with two young children in the vehicle. He is also…
Jake Jacobson, PRCA Music Director on Breaking the Barrier

Jake Jacobson, PRCA Music Director on Breaking the Barrier

Jake Jacobson is currently one of roughly 180 music directors approved by the PRCA to work professional rodeos across the country. His current career path found him by chance while at a bull riding in Arizona. “I was helping in the back pens and some guy came up to me…
Bridge & road construction ahead for Smith Falls State Park area

Bridge & road construction ahead for Smith Falls State Park area

Visitors travelling through Valentine to access Smith Falls State Park will be affected by road construction starting this fall. The Nebraska Department of Transportation will start work on the removal and reconstruction of the Nebraska Highway 12 bridge over the Minnechaduza Creek 3 miles east of Valentine. This road closure…
Fast, Stable, Secure: New Bayer Hardware Simplifies Farm Activities

Fast, Stable, Secure: New Bayer Hardware Simplifies Farm Activities

BOONE, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bayer unveiled FieldView Drive 2.0, a small plug-and-play device that farmers can use to connect, monitor and record activities across different farm equipment types and brands. An upgrade over the previous generation, FieldView Drive 2.0 provides more processing power, data storage, and in-field connection stability to improve how…
Case IH introduces new combine lineup

Case IH introduces new combine lineup

Case IH is launching the new AF9 and AF10 combines, which have been "redesigned from the ground up." The single-rotor AF9 and AF10 combines complete the new AF series, which launched earlier in 2024 with the AF11 – a Class 10+, high-capacity powerhouse. The combine series features three models across…
Two Small Planes Crash in Separate Northeast Nebraska Incidents

Two Small Planes Crash in Separate Northeast Nebraska Incidents

Norfolk, Neb. -- Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol remain on scene of two small plane crashes that occurred Monday morning in northeast Nebraska. The Nebraska State Patrol is the lead investigating agency on the plane crash that occurred in Knox County. The crash was reported at approximately 9:30 a.m.…
KAAPA Ethanol Weekly Crop Progress Report | 8/26/24

KAAPA Ethanol Weekly Crop Progress Report | 8/26/24

Crop Progress as of Aug 25th Compiles by Water Street Solutions:Corn Dough 84%; 74% last week; 83% on averageCorn Dented 46%; 30% last week; 42% on averageCorn Mature 11%; 5% last week; 6% on averageCorn Condition 65% G/E; 67% G/E last week, 56% last yearSoybeans Setting Pods 89%; 81% last…
SPP ends energy emergency alert, remains in conservative operations

SPP ends energy emergency alert, remains in conservative operations

Little Rock, Ark. -- As of 3:00 p.m. central time, August 26, Southwest Power Pool’s (SPP) 14-state balancing authority area is no longer under an Energy Emergency Alert 1 (EEA1). Due to continuing high temperatures and tightened electric reliability conditions, it remains in a period of conservative operations until 8:00…