Daily Cash Grain Bids | Friday, July 12, 2024

Daily Cash Grain Bids | Friday, July 12, 2024

Central Valley AgElgin Corn – 398 Beans – 1030Humphrey Corn – 402 Beans – 1035Laurel Corn – 400 Beans – 1045Monroe Corn – 412 Beans – 1043Oakland E. Hub Corn – 403 Beans – 1045Royal Hub Corn – 395 Beans – 1035Wakefield Corn – 395 Beans – 1040Hinton, IA Corn…
Planning for post-wheat harvest weed control 

Planning for post-wheat harvest weed control 

Wheat harvesting season creates timely questions from producers for after the combine field care.   Sarah Lancaster, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist for the Department of Agronomy at Kansas State University says there are a few reasons weed control is critical even after harvest.   “it’s hot its dry...weeds are harder…
Deadlines Approaching for Nebraska State Fair Open Class Entries

Deadlines Approaching for Nebraska State Fair Open Class Entries

Open class exhibit entries are now open for the Nebraska State Fair.   All ages are welcome to submit entries in divisions including agriculture, bees, education, foods, horticulture, photography, textile and visual arts, and quilts.  Competitive events have traditionally been a staple of the state fair and continue to provide…
Sen. Ricketts’ Weekly Column

Sen. Ricketts’ Weekly Column

The Supreme Court recently made an incredibly significant ruling that returns the power to make laws to Congress. In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the Court overturned a prior decision from Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council. The Chevron decision radically reshaped our government. By overturning it, the Court is finallyreining in the power of unelected bureaucrats.…
Fischer Secures $116M for Offutt Air Force Base

Fischer Secures $116M for Offutt Air Force Base

WASHINGTON ­– U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, secured a total of $121.9 million for Nebraska military construction projects in the 2025 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (MilCon-VA) Appropriations Act.The majority of the funding will go towards the planning and design of aircraft hangars, ramps, operations training facilities, supply storage,…
CIR Upholds Gov. Pillen’s Order for State Employees to Return to Workplace

CIR Upholds Gov. Pillen’s Order for State Employees to Return to Workplace

LINCOLN, NE -- Today the Nebraska Commission of Industrial Relations (CIR), which rules on labor disputes, issued an order upholding Governor Jim Pillen’s November 2023 executive order (EO 23-17) for all state employees to return to their workplaces. The CIR’s decision completely upheld the validity of the Governor’s executive order, ruling…
July WASDE Results

July WASDE Results

WHEAT: The outlook for 2024/25 U.S. wheat this month is for larger supplies, domestic use,exports, and ending stocks. Supplies are raised on increased wheat production and beginningstocks. All wheat production is raised 134 million bushels to 2,008 million, on an increase inharvested area and higher yields. The first 2024 survey-based…