This week, farmers and agribusiness leaders from across the country attended the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) Board of Delegates Meeting held in Salt Lake City, Utah. During this event, Nebraska corn farmer Jay Reiners, from Juniata, was elected as secretary/treasurer board of directors for USGC. “After being involved with the…
The Class C Senior Legion State Baseball Tournament begins on Saturday in Wakefield. Pender will face Palmer-Wolbach-Greeley in the first round at 1:00 on Saturday. Other first round matchups include Crofton vs Albion at 10:00 am, Malcolm vs Imperial at 4:00 and Wakefield vs Tecumseh at 7:00. The tournament runs…
Nestled in the heart of the Nebraska Sandhills, Phipps Land and Livestock is known for raising top of the line horse flesh. Primarily a yearling and cow-calf outfit, the Phipps family is among the prestigious list of American Quarter Horse Association Ranching Heritage Breeders. Perhaps even more impressive, they were…
OMAHA – The Omaha Supernovas, Nebraska’s professional volleyball team and inaugural Pro Volleyball Federation Champions, have signed former Creighton libero Allison Whitten. The South Carolina native spent her fifth and final season of college volleyball with Creighton. Under head coach Kirsten Bernthal Booth, Whitten served as the team’s libero for…
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. led a bipartisan letter calling for the U.S. Treasury Department to restrict the eligibility of the 45Z Tax Credit to renewable fuels made only from domestically-sourced feedstocks, like Kansas soybean oil and corn oil. This tax credit will become effective on January 1…
Thursday, Aug. 1stWest Point vs Blair- 5:00Scribner vs North Bend- 7:00 Friday, Aug. 2ndDodge vs Yutan- 5:00Leigh/Schuyler vs Wahoo- 7:00 Saturday, Aug. 3rdThursday winners- 4:30Friday winners- 7:00 Sunday, Aug. 4thFinals- 4:30
The Nebraska Corn Board is now accepting applications for the Blender Pump Grant Program, which launched this week. This initiative aims to enhance ethanol infrastructure in Nebraska by supporting the expansion of higher ethanol blends, including E15, E30 and E85. Retailers are invited to submit applications in accordance with the…
PENDER - The Pender Post 55 Senior Legion baseball team earned their spot in the Class C State Tournament by defeating Wakefield Post 81 by a score of 9-4 in the C2 Area Championship on Tuesday night in Pender. Wakefield led the game 1-0 after the first inning and 2-1…
WEST POINT - The season came to an end for the West Point Post 70 Senior Legion baseball team on Tuesday, as they lost 9-8 to Columbus Lakeview Bank of the Valley Post 283 in the semifinals of the B5 Area Tournament in West Point. West Point started the game…
WASHINGTON– Boar's Head Provisions Co., Inc., a Jarratt, Va., establishment, is expanding its July 26, 2024, recall of deli meat products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The establishment is recalling approximately 7 million additional pounds of ready-to-eat…