NIFA Publishes Report on Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program

NIFA Publishes Report on Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program

Since 2010, the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) has served the needs of food animal veterinarians and stakeholders in animal agriculture across the nation by supporting veterinary educational debt repayment in return for veterinarians’ services in designated, high priority, shortage situations. In this time,…
Longtime radio engineer retires

Longtime radio engineer retires

A 47-year career in the KRVN Engineering Department comes to an end this week when Jim Liffrig retires. His primary responsibility over the years has been the 880 AM transmitter site near Holdrege. Fresh out of engineering trade school in Minneapolis, Liffrig moved from Minneapolis to Holdrege with intentions to…
Drop in Farm Income Projected

Drop in Farm Income Projected

Nebraska net farm income this year is projected to be $6.0 billion according to a report by the Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center at the University of Missouri in collaboration with the Center for Agricultural Profitability at the University of Nebraska. If accurate, income will decline $1.2 billion…
High School Baseball Scores 4-11-24

High School Baseball Scores 4-11-24

Thursday (04/11/2024) Auburn 7, Falls City 1Auburn 9, Falls City 4Beatrice 11, Malcolm 8Bellevue West 10, Gretna 8Elkhorn South 14, Bellevue East 3GACC-WPB 5, South Sioux City 4Grand Island 6, Lincoln Southwest 2Gretna East 7, Omaha Burke 3Lincoln East 10, Grand Island 0Lincoln East 8, Kearney 3Lincoln Lutheran 14, Central…
De la Cruz Tabbed For Weekly League Honors

De la Cruz Tabbed For Weekly League Honors

Supernovas outside hitter Bethania de la Cruz had her best week of the season - breaking multiple franchise records – to earn Pro Volleyball Federation Player of the Week presented by Franklin Sports. It is the second consecutive week an Omaha player has been recognized. A native of the Dominican Republic,…
Daily Cash Grain Bids | Thursday April 11, 2024

Daily Cash Grain Bids | Thursday April 11, 2024

Central Valley AgElgin Corn - 416 Beans - 1079Humphrey Corn - 416 Beans - 1079Laurel Corn - 414 Beans - 1091Monroe Corn - 421 Beans - 1087Oakland E. Hub Corn - 421 Beans - 1085Royal Hub Corn - 411 Beans - 1084Wakefield Corn - 409 Beans - 1086Hinton, IA Corn…
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in South Dakota Dairy Herd

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in South Dakota Dairy Herd

PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Agriculture (DANR) and the Animal Industry Board (AIB) have received confirmation from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) of the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a dairy cattle herd in South Dakota. This is the first…