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Friday, May 09, 2008
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- NDA FUNDS SECOND ROUND OF RIPARIAN VEGETATION PROPOSALS
The Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) has awarded five groups funding to manage weeds and other overgrowth in sections of the Republican, North Platte, South Platte, and Platte rivers. — Full Story »
- Even pressure a must in calibrating sprayers
If producers don’t have even pressure throughout the sprayer boom, they won’t get even application of chemicals, said a University of Nebraska–Lincoln specialist.
— Full Story »
- Slow IMP progress calls for deadline extension
When LB 962 was passed by the Nebraska legislature in 2004, it called for a set of operational plans from individual natural resources districts as well as a basin-wide plan. Having failed to reach an agreement by now, the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources has suggested the districts request an extension until September 2009, the maximum time allowed in the bill.
— Full Story »
- Economic Challenges
In 1979, President Carter gave what has become famously known as the “malaise speech,” in which he tried to address the nation’s concerns about the economy — Full Story »
- Controlling Musk Thistle & Eastern Redcedar in Pastures
Favorable rains last fall have created the right conditions for lots of thistles this spring. — Full Story »
- Wind energy ventures' profits won't all blow away
BLOOMFIELD, Neb. -- For 35 years, Bruce Lemke has tilled the high hills of extreme northeast Nebraska to reap corn and beans.
— Full Story »
- NRD going after rules violaters
ALMA - Several people who allegedly violated rules in the Lower Republican Natural Resources District's integrated water management plan ultimately could lose the right to irrigate some of their farmland. — Full Story »
- Invasive species control summit relies on coalitions
From a helicopter to an air boat to a "Marsh Masher," the heavy duty equipment in the Gering Civic Center parking lot Tuesday afternoon suggested something interesting was going on inside.
— Full Story »
- A third of sugar beet seedlings freeze
Once again, Mother Nature has laid a heavy hand on the WyoBraska sugar beet crop.
While recent snowfall was welcomed for its moisture content, the accompanying wind and freezing temperatures contributed to the destruction of 10,000 to 12,000 acres of sugar beets in western Nebraska and eastern Wyoming. — Full Story »
- Invasive species clearance continues
TORRINGTON, Wyo. - A second season of Russian olive removal along the North Platte River is underway. In a continuation of the Goshen County Weed and Pest Department project, 300 acres are expected to be cleared this summer near the Wyoming/Nebraska state line and along two tributaries. — Full Story »
- Tri-County Steer Carcass Futurity works to increase beef industry profits
Tri-County Carcass Futurity may have been founded before 1982, had the organizers been aware of how their data would change the industry.
TCSCF has been collecting cattle performance and carcass data for cow-calf producers and feedlot operators since 1982 to help them realize higher profits.
— Full Story »
- Prairie Pedlar blooms
Jack and Jane Hogue started planting flower gardens at their Odebolt home in 1985.
The Hogues got their parents and their three children, Janna, Tyler and Emily, involved in growing the flowers. Seven acres of land, west of their home, became available for sale in 1995 so the Hogue family purchased the land to expand their flower gardens. They spent two years restoring the bow-truss barn and school, landscaping and adding theme gardens. The gardens became known as "Prairie Pedlar" and officially opened to the public in 1997 for viewing. "The word 'pedlar' is an old English spelling," explained Jack Hogue.
— Full Story »
- Charter Oak producer recognized for commitment to cattle industry
A Charter Oak cattle producer's commitment to the industry was recognized earlier this year when Dean Bohlmann received the Service Award at the Crawford County Cattlemen's Association annual banquet. — Full Story »
- Planting is catching up after delays caused by rain.
By Sunday, Nebraska growers had seeded 31 percent of the expected acreage this year, up from 9 percent a week earlier and near the 33 percent at that time a year ago. They were still below the 47 percent average for the date.
— Full Story »
- Field work progresses
"There were 1.2 days suitable for fieldwork, compared to 3.3 days last year at this time," writes State Climatologist Harry Hillaker in the United States Department of Agriculture publication, "Iowa Crops and Weather" Hillaker's report, issued for the week ending April 20, states that 74% of Iowa range and pasture are in fair to excellent condition, good news for Iowa's cattle producers. — Full Story »
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