Daily Cash Grain Bids | Tuesday June 04, 2024

Daily Cash Grain Bids | Tuesday June 04, 2024

Central Valley AgElgin Corn - 431 Beans - 1099Humphrey Corn - 430 Beans - 1094Laurel Corn - 426 Beans - 1104Monroe Corn - 446 Beans - 1102Oakland E. Hub Corn - 435 Beans - 1104Royal Hub Corn - 428 Beans - 1104Wakefield Corn - 421 Beans - 1099Hinton, IA Corn…
UNO Men Add Lindenwood’s Isaac Ondekane

UNO Men Add Lindenwood’s Isaac Ondekane

OMAHA, Neb. - The Omaha Men's Basketball Team picked up its sixth player of the offseason and its third Division I transfer as senior Isaac Ondekane is joining the Mavericks from Lindenwood. A 6'8'' 275 pound center from Kinshasa, Congo, Isaac began his collegiate career with the Butler Grizzlies, helping…
Foote and Rincon Named NAIA All-Americans

Foote and Rincon Named NAIA All-Americans

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the 2024 Softball All-America teams as selected by the NAIA-Softball Coaches' Association All-America Committee. Roni Foote and Aliyah Rincon of Midland University were both named Second Team All-Americans. Foote, a senior from Omaha, Nebraska, was a standout for the Warriors in…
Bellevue Softball signs JC transfer pitcher Mariah Unverzagt

Bellevue Softball signs JC transfer pitcher Mariah Unverzagt

Bellevue University head softball coach Michala Cimino announced the signing of 5-8 pitcher Mariah Unverzagt (Papillion, Neb./ Johnson Country CC/Papillion-LaVists South HS) to a letter of intent to continue her academic and athletic careers at BU beginning in the fall of 2024.  Unverzagt, the daughter of Mark and Ginger Unverzagt, played one season at…
Cunningham named third-team All-American

Cunningham named third-team All-American

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Junior pitcher Katie Cunningham (Bellevue, Neb.) was named a third-team NAIA All-American in an announcement made today by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.  Cunningham's award was the 27th All-American certificate in Bruin Softball history.  A second-team NFCA Region III honoree, Cunningham was named the North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) Player and…
USDA aims to aid small farmers by barring pay deductions from poultry companies

USDA aims to aid small farmers by barring pay deductions from poultry companies

A rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture would eliminate pay deductions for chicken producers, Secretary Tom Vilsack said Monday. Under the current poultry payment system, an incentive-based arrangement known within the industry as a tournament system, farmers who raise poultry earn a base payment from the companies that…
Deere and Co. announces layoffs amid rising costs, decreasing demand

Deere and Co. announces layoffs amid rising costs, decreasing demand

Deere and Co., the world’s leading seller of farm machinery, has announced plans to cut an unspecified number of employees from its global production and salaried workforce. This decision comes in response to mounting operational costs and a decline in demand, as outlined in a letter sent to employees last…
Cowboy Entrepreneurship – Nic Lica on Breaking the Barrier

Cowboy Entrepreneurship – Nic Lica on Breaking the Barrier

After hearing countless stories of bull fighters battling injury from traditional metal bells used by bull riders, 19-year bull riding veteran Nic Lica decided to do something about it. Nic used his expertise to craft the Licabell, a first of its kind bell substitute. It is “like a bell,” in…
Legion Baseball Scores 6-3-24

Legion Baseball Scores 6-3-24

Juniors: Columbus Lakeview 13, Wisner-Pilger/Dodge-Howells 3West Point 11, Pierce 1Crofton 19, Hooper-Scribner 5 Seniors: Pender 8, Tekamah-Herman 2Columbus Lakeview, Wisner-Pilger/Dodge-Howells 0Crofton 7, Oakland-Craig 4
Moo double dip Zap

Moo double dip Zap

Fremont, Nebraska - Rain stayed away Monday afternoon and the weather allowed the Fremont Moo and Oahe Zap to play a doubleheader, wrapping up a weekend wrap-around series at Historic Moller Field. After dropping the first game of the three game series, Saturday night, Fremont won both games in the ILB…