HORACE, N.D, March 18, 2024 - Farm Rescue, a nonprofit organization that provides free planting, haying, harvesting, commodity hauling and livestock feeding assistance to farm families who have experienced a major illness, injury or natural disaster, is ramping up hay relief efforts in response to recent wildfires in the states of…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO - On National Biodiesel Day, March 18, the clean fuels industry celebrates a milestone in renewable fuel history while honoring the legacy of Rudolf Diesel, the visionary behind the diesel engine. Diesel originally designed his engine to operate on peanut oil, recognizing the potential of vegetable oils as…
Nebraska - Honey production in 2023 from Nebraska producers with five or more colonies totaled 1.58 million pounds, up 6% from 2022, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. There were 33,000 honey producing colonies in Nebraska during 2023, down 3% from 2022.Average yield was 48 pounds per colony,…
Join Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health in celebrating Ag Literacy Week this week, March 18-22, as they share messages from the Telling the Story Project. The goal of agricultural literacy is to help youth become aware of how the agricultural industry works - not just where food comes…
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) will host a Nebraska Soil Health School on Wednesday, April 24, at UNL’s High Plains Ag Lab in Sidney. Registration and refreshments will begin at 7:30 a.m., followed by a welcome from the event’s organizer, Bijesh Maharjan, UNL associate professor. Following last year’s successful Soil…
The Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln has announced the recipients of scholarships for the 2024-25 academic year. The one-time scholarships will be awarded to over 100 students totaling $189,000 for the ensuing academic year. The Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program was established in 2010 as a gift…
9 days till report day followed by a holiday What a week for the grains Beans trading both sides of the trade Bean oil is the one to watch Fund money changing their tune on corn
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Rattan Lal, a pioneer in soil-centric agricultural management to improve food security globally and a leader in developing climate resilient agriculture, will give the 2024 Roscoe Ellis, Jr. Lecture in Soil Science at Kansas State University on March 26. Lal’s talk – Sustainable Agriculture and Soil Management…
Agriculture is Nebraska’s number one industry and the heart and soul of our state. Agriculturedeserves recognition and celebration every day, especially during National Ag Week, March 17-23. As the Director of the Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA), it’s an honor and aprivilege to serve the dedicated people of Nebraska's agricultural…
LINCOLN, NEB. – Emphasizing the importance of protecting and even growing federal risk management programs with the next Farm Bill, Nebraska Farm Bureau’s (NEFB) agricultural leaders met with Nebraska’s congressional delegation and other elected officials during a national affairs fly-in to Washington, D.C. March 11-13. “Updating the farm safety net…