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%…
Grocery prices increased slightly last month, according to the latest Consumer Price Index released Tuesday. The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers increased 0.3 percent in January on a seasonally adjusted basis, after rising 0.2 percent in December. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 3.1…
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GUATEMALA CITY, GT — U.S. Grains Council (USGC) members are touching down for the 21st International Marketing Conference and 64th Annual Membership in Guatemala City for the first time since the meeting was held there in 2009. The event will provide members with an overview of the Council’s strategy for the…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) today announced the results of the 2022 Census of Agriculture, spanning more than 6 million data points about America’s farms and ranches and the people who operate them down to the county level. The information collected directly from producers…
When a new little one joins the world, it can be an exciting time, but not all births are easy. For beef cattle, it is important to know what is considered a medical emergency, according to the veterinarians at the Kansas State University Beef Cattle Institute. Speaking on a recent Cattle…
Nebraska Extension will be hosting a four-session webinar series in March that will explain the fundamentals of understanding a cow's nutrition requirements and the options available to meet a cow's needs with grazed or harvested feed. The series will be held Monday and Thursday evenings, March 11, 14, 18 and…
A recent Tidbits article took note of the sizable growth in Nebraska’s soybean processing capacity in progress. The driving factor in the growth is the explosive demand for soybean oil for producing renewable diesel. Renewable diesel can replace petroleum diesel gallon-for-gallon and is less carbon intensive than petroleum diesel. With state and…
