Mekenna Fisher, a 5th generation cattle producer, has taken to social media to share her passion for animal agriculture. Fisher's love for the industry stems from growing up on her family's ranch near Hershey, Nebraska, and being an active rodeo competitor for most of her life. "Last summer I had…
High interest rates, along with weak farm commodity prices and equipment sales, helped push a regional “rural mainstreet” economic index tracked by Omaha’s Creighton University to below growth neutral for the 10th month in a row. The Rural Mainstreet Index is based on a monthly survey of bank chief executives in 10…
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Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) are pressing the Biden administration on the steps it’s taking to address the recent surge of used cooking oil imports. Last year, the U.S. imported three billion pounds of used cooking oil, half of which came from China. That’s up from a…
PAPILLION, NEB. – After being held scoreless in the final eight innings of the game, the Omaha Storm Chasers dropped game six and the series against the Louisville Bats with a 4-2 loss on Sunday at Werner Park. As the final game of the series got underway, Omaha starting pitcher Daniel Lynch…
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – The Sioux City Explorers (17-22) won 7-6 over the Sioux Falls Canaries (22-15) in the series finale. The Explorers had big games from Scott Ota and Daniel Perez while the bullpen locked down for the win. The Explorers started with hot bats as they took the lead in the bottom of…
How has our very active weather pattern affected fishing? Is now still the less busy time of summer to be at a state park? Greg and JD talked about those questions along with swimming, deer permits, turtle crossings, and water moccasins in Nebraska (or lack there of) during this week's…
Stories making agriculture news headlines this week include a potential slaughterhouse ban in Colorado and dropping groundwater levels in Nebraska. Here are some of this week's top agriculture news stories. NEWS: Nebraska’s worst groundwater level decline found in Butler County last year The worst groundwater level decline in Nebraska last…
PAPILLION, NEB. – The Omaha Storm Chasers dropped a second straight game to the Louisville Bats, losing 5-3 Friday at Werner Park. In the fourth of a six-game set, the Bats came swinging in the top of the second inning and they took an early 3-0 lead with two hits and…
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – The Sioux Falls Canaries (21-14) took game one of their series against the Sioux City Explorers (16-21) Friday night, winning the opener 6-3. Sioux Falls starter Ty Culbreth (5-1) pitched six innings of one-run ball while Mike Hart’s 4-4 day with 3 RBI propelled the Canaries to victory.…