Daily Cash Grain Bids | Thursday June 20, 2024

Daily Cash Grain Bids | Thursday June 20, 2024

Central Valley AgElgin Corn – 428 Beans – 1080Humphrey Corn – 435 Beans – 1085Laurel Corn – 425 Beans – 1095Monroe Corn – 445 Beans – 1093Oakland E. Hub Corn – 436 Beans – 1095Royal Hub Corn – 425 Beans – 1085Wakefield Corn – 420 Beans – 1090Hinton, IA Corn…
National Feeding and Fueling the World workshop stops in Nebraska

National Feeding and Fueling the World workshop stops in Nebraska

Nebraska recently became one of the stops for the nationally based Feeding and Fueling the World workshop series.  Sponsored locally by the Nebraska Corn Board and the Nebraska Soybean Board, the workshop was designed for science teachers by science teachers to learn curriculum emphasizing modern agriculture that they can take…
Iowa’s Unemployment Rate Remains at 2.8 Percent in May

Iowa’s Unemployment Rate Remains at 2.8 Percent in May

DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.8 percent in May, unchanged from April and the same as one year ago. The state’s labor force participation rate fell to 66.7 percent, down slightly from 66.8 percent last month. Meanwhile, the U.S. unemployment rate increased to 4.0 percent…
Weed Management Field Day June 26 at South Central Agricultural Laboratory

Weed Management Field Day June 26 at South Central Agricultural Laboratory

Growers, crop consultants and educators are encouraged to attend Nebraska Extension's Weed Management Field Day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wed., June 26, 2024, at the South Central Agricultural Laboratory near Clay Center. The field day will include on-site demonstrations of new technology and new herbicides for corn, soybean…
Legion Baseball Scores 6-19-24

Legion Baseball Scores 6-19-24

Juniors: Columbus Lakeview 12, Wayne 2W-P/D-H 6, Pierce 4South Sioux City 7, Hooper-Scribner 3 Seniors: Battle Creek 9, Hartington 7Wayne 2, Columbus Lakeview 1Wakefield 6, Arlington 2Oakland-Craig 12, South Sioux City 4West Point 13, Ponca 7
Record Ag Trade Deficit Forecast for this year

Record Ag Trade Deficit Forecast for this year

The U.S. is facing a record-large agricultural trade deficit in 2024. In a recent Newsline, Betty Resnick, an economist at the American Farm Bureau Federation, says the deficit has deepened significantly in the last two years. Betty Resnick, an economist at the American Farm Bureau Federation, says the deficit has deepened…
Moo lose 6th straight

Moo lose 6th straight

Casper, Wyoming- Wednesday night at Mike Lansing Field, The Fremont Moo were six outs away from snapping their five-game losing streak. However, there are not twenty-one outs in a game...there are twenty-seven. Casper took advantage of their opportunities by plating seven runs in the eighth, and came from behind to…
Explorers split Doubleheader with Saltdogs

Explorers split Doubleheader with Saltdogs

Lincoln, Neb. – The Sioux City Explorers (15-20) split their doubleheader with the Lincoln Saltdogs (14-23) Wednesday evening, losing the first game 4-0 but winning the second 4-0. In the first leg of the doubleheader, the offense struggled with just two hits while Lincoln’s Zach Keenan (2-3) dominated through five innings. In the second…
Storm Chasers defeat Louisville

Storm Chasers defeat Louisville

PAPILLION, NEB. – After clinching a playoff spot in Tuesday’s game, the Omaha Storm Chasers won their seventh straight game, beating the Louisville Bats 7-1 Wednesday at Werner Park. In the second game of the series, Major League rehabber Michael Massey singled with two outs in the bottom of the first inning, then Devin…