Sugar beets to be grown across Nebraska in 4-H agronomy project

Sugar beets to be grown across Nebraska in 4-H agronomy project

The Nebraska Extension 4-H and Open Class entries have seen many special projects over the years, from dry edible beans to sorghum and broom corn. This year, Nebraska Extension and 4-H’s Special Agronomy Project for 2024 is sugar beets. The project is held across the state, both in the Panhandle…
Nebraska Farm Bureau Endorses Nine Candidates for Election to the Nebraska Legislature

Nebraska Farm Bureau Endorses Nine Candidates for Election to the Nebraska Legislature

LINCOLN, NEB. – Nebraska Farm Bureau, the state’s largest general agriculture organization, has announced a slate of endorsements for candidates seeking election to the Nebraska Legislature. Endorsements made by the Nebraska Farm Bureau Political Action Committee (NEFB-PAC) are based on the candidate’s positions on agriculture and rural issues and recommendations…
Daily Cash Grain Bids | Monday April 22, 2024

Daily Cash Grain Bids | Monday April 22, 2024

Central Valley AgElgin Corn - 435 Beans - 1102Humphrey Corn - 433 Beans - 1081Laurel Corn - 430 Beans - 1093Monroe Corn - 440 Beans - 1089Oakland E. Hub Corn - 437 Beans - 1087Royal Hub Corn - 430 Beans - 1086Wakefield Corn - 425 Beans - 1088Hinton, IA Corn…
Consumers Increase Spending on Food

Consumers Increase Spending on Food

Food prices are higher now compared to a few years ago thanks to inflation. Higher food prices, though, are masking an underlying trend of consumers spending more on food in real terms. The USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) says total per person food spending, when adjusted for inflation, was 6.3…
Ethanol Fuels Economy

Ethanol Fuels Economy

Nebraska, with 24 operating ethanol plants, is the second-largest ethanol producing state. It stands to reason that ethanol production would have a significant economic impact on the state. A recent report by economists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Bureau of Business Research and the Department of Agricultural Economics, sponsored by…
High School Baseball Scores 4-22-24

High School Baseball Scores 4-22-24

Monday (04/22/2024) Auburn 14, Fairbury 6Bellevue East 6, Omaha South 1Bellevue West 6, Park Hill South, MO 5Bellevue West 9, Park Hill South, MO 1Blair 14, Seward 0Douglas County West 18, Louisville 5GACC-WPB 6, Thurston-Cuming County 5Gretna 6, Elkhorn South 5Hastings 6, Lincoln Pius X 5Kearney 5, Fremont 4Lincoln Christian…
UNL’s Loeffel Meat Shoppe to celebrate grand re-opening on May 3rd

UNL’s Loeffel Meat Shoppe to celebrate grand re-opening on May 3rd

The Loeffel Meat Shoppe at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will host a grand re-opening celebration event on May 3 from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The event will include recipe samples, along with demonstrations on food safety, knife care, and proper knife usage in the home kitchen from 11:30 a.m.…
Rodriguez earns NSAA Player of the Week honors

Rodriguez earns NSAA Player of the Week honors

BISMARCK, N.D. -- Sophomore catcher Atiana Rodriguez has been named the North Star Athletic Association Player of the Week for her performances in the Bruins' six games last week, including a four-game conference sweep over Viterbo University.  Rodriguez had four multi-hit games, going 12-for-19 on the week with three doubles, three triples, a .632 batting…