Sioux Falls, SD – The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) recently approved a $25 million investment in the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE)-led Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) expansion that builds on the successful South Dakota-based project announced in 2021 to unlock corn ethanol access to…
Tracy Zink, who farms in Indianola, Nebraska, joins the Nebraska Ethanol Board (NEB) as the sorghum representative. She was appointed by Gov. Jim Pillen on Nov. 20, 2023, and confirmed by the State of Nebraska Legislature in early 2024. A third-generation agricultural producer, Zink farms sorghum and a rotation of…
BILLINGS, Mont., February 14, 2024 – Yesterday’s release of the 2022 Census of Agriculture by the Department of Agriculture reveals that two agricultural industries vital to the economic well-being of Rural America, particularly western Rural America, are in steep decline. The new cattle and calves census shows America lost nearly 107,000 beef cattle…
National Farmers Union this week sent a letter to Appropriations Committee leadership opposing restrictions that would undo work to revitalize the Packers and Stockyards Act. The letter, signed by national, regional, and state organizations, points out that "opponents of competitive agricultural markets are seeking to roll back the work USDA…
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NASDA CEO Ted McKinney issued a statement today following the EPA’s order on the use of existing stocks of the herbicide dicamba. “As co-regulatory partners with EPA committed to preserving environmental stewardship, protecting the rural economy and securing a healthy food supply chain, NASDA commends EPA on issuing an existing…
GUATEMALA CITY, GT — Members of the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) gathered in Guatemala City, Guatemala, for the first day of the Council’s 21st International Marketing Conference and 64th Annual Membership Meeting, held Feb. 14-16, to discuss the current state of feed grain and biofuel markets around the world and…
A rural state senator called Tuesday for providing financial incentives for farmers to use less nitrogen fertilizer and help clean up the state’s groundwater. Legislative Bill 1368, introduced by State Sen. Teresa Ibach of Sumner, would pay no less than $10 an acre for farmers who reduce their use of…
A Columbus high school graduate was named the 2024 Southeast Community College Agriculture Student of the Year. Lacy Williams earned the program's top honor, announced at an ag seminar hosted by the college. Williams is a double major, pursuing agribusiness and horticulture degrees at the Beatrice campus. She will graduate…
LINCOLN, Neb. February 13, 2024 – Data from the United States Department of Agriculture’s(USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) 2022 Census of Agriculture show thenumber of farms in Nebraska during 2022 was 44,479, down 4% from the 2017 Census ofAgriculture. Land in farms, at 44.0 million acres was down 2%…
