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Nebraska Sorghum Board to Meet
The Nebraska Grain Sorghum Board has scheduled a meeting for Thursday, June 6, 2013.The meeting is open to the public. — Full Story »
Nebraska Weather and Crop Report
For the week ending May 19, 2013, corn planting advanced quickly as clear skies and above normal temperatures prevailed throughout much of the week, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office. — Full Story »SCC Ag Program Receives $2,500 Grant fro DuPont Pioneer
Consideration for community outreach grants are given to communities where Pioneer representatives, employees and customers live and work and that support quality-of-life initiatives to create an improved, sustainable lifestyle for people worldwide. — Full Story »Statewide Ag News »
Neighbors Protest Proliferation of Pigs
The skirmish by property owners at a sand pit housing development in the eastern Nebraska countryside against one of the nation's largest hog producers is the latest episode of a struggle that some say threatens to poach a prime cut from the state's economy. Cash receipts from all Nebraska livestock and products is $10 billion. — Full Story »Upper Big Blue NRD Approves Rule Changes
The Upper Big Blue NRD Board of Directors met on May 16 and approved changes to District Rule 5 pertaining to groundwater irrigation transfers and artesian wells. — Full Story »Know your enemy and be prepared for wheat rust
Wheat in Nebraska is affected by three primary rust diseases — stem, leaf and stripe rust. All share some fundamental characteristics, including being favored by wet, humid conditions. They also normally arrive in Nebraska from the south on wind currents that move up through the Great Plains in the spring. They are not thought to regularly over winter in this area, although it has been documented on occasion. Therefore, we can use reports on the status of rust disease presence coming from Texas, Oklahoma or Kansas to estimate when or if they will most likely appear in Nebraska. — Full Story »Current Farm and Ranch Issues
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Rehder, Ag Professionals Explore Trade Options in Central America
While camped in a meeting room in Honduras, the global impact of Iowa agriculture became clear to members from the Iowa Pork Producers Association, the Farm Bureau Federation and an Iowa beef producer. — Full Story »FFA News »
Central FFA Chapter Holds Banquet
Central FFA reports the highlights of their recent banquet. — Full Story »Shickley FFA Chapter Reviews Summer Activities
The Shickley FFA held an all members meeting on Monday, May 13, to review summer activities. — Full Story »Extension News »
Registrations Due for Tractor Safety Course
Any youth 14 or 15 years of age who works on a farm or ranch other than a parent’s is required to be certified through a tractor safety course. Extension educators and field specialists will teach the class. — Full Story »Extension Ag Connection
What is ET?Relating to irrigation and crop water use, “EvapoTranspiration” or ET, is a term which combines evaporation (water loss through the soil) and transpiration (water used by plants) to describe the total water loss from a crop to the air. — Full Story »
Living Resourcefully
Now that the warm weather has finally come to stay, many people are busy planting vegetable gardens, flowers and plants. Don’t forget the herbs! — Full Story »USDA News »
USDA Announces Two Iowa Counties as part of Presidential Major Disaster Designation
The Presidential Major Disaster Designation has been issued for seven South Dakota counties as the primary disaster area. Two Iowa counties are contiguous to this designated disaster area, making these producers also potentially eligible for program based on this designation. — Full Story »USDA Urges Producers to Enroll in DCP/ACRE
USDA Farm Service Agency State Executive Director Craig Schaunaman encourages farmers and ranchers to enroll in the 2013 Direct and Counter-Cyclical Payment Program or the Average Crop Revenue Election Program before the June 3, 2013 deadline. — Full Story »ACRE, SURE, and Marketing Loan Deadlines Approaching for FSA Programs
State Executive Director John R. Whitaker of USDA’s Iowa Farm Service Agency reminds producers that some farm program deadlines are fast approaching. — Full Story »© 2008-2013 agNET. All rights reserved
