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CURTIS, Neb. – The University of Nebraska-Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (NCTA) will be hosting a Succession in Agriculture Workshop on March 9, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. in the Vet Teaching Hospital. There is no charge for the... more...
03/07/2010 5:34pm
MEAD, Neb. – Corn and soybean growers are invited to attend the Nebraska Soybean and Feed Grains Profitability Project on-farm research update March 9 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Agricultural Research and Development Center near...
  03/07/2010 5:31pm
We often bring you articles about Draft Horse Shows, from the county fair level to the State Fair and then on the NWSS Show, but not all Drafts strut their stuff in the arena. Some are quite content to pull a manure spreader, a plow, a disc or just an...
  03/08/2010 12:21pm
Owen and Amanda Seamann were overjoyed to own the supreme champion working dog at the Nebraska Cattlemen's Classic last week. The Platte Center couple work together to teach their Border Collies obedience, as well as how to work cattle, before...
  03/07/2010 5:20pm
Many of us have seen the familiar green and yellow of the John Deere tractors and equipment working in the fields, what many of us do not know is how the company began, or how tractors in general became such an important factor in the everyday operations...
  03/08/2010 11:57am
A “harvest mentality.”

That, said Gov. Bill Ritter at this year's annual Governor's Forum on Agriculture, is what the nation is lacking.
  03/06/2010 8:53am
LINCOLN, Neb. – Crop scouts will learn how to better manage corn and soybean pests during a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension Crop Scout Training for Pest Managers program March 16.
  03/01/2010 10:37am
More farmers in the irrigated North Platte Valley ought to consider fitting winter wheat into their crop rotation, says Drew Lyon, Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist at the University of Nebraska Panhandle Research and Extension Center.
  03/01/2010 11:26am
There is no doubt that planting has changed drastically since the 1920s and ‘30s. Farmers who remember using horses to put their seeds in the ground are now watching a new generation plant with no-till air drills hooked to air-conditioned...
  03/01/2010 11:44am
Soil erosion has been very obvious this past month, due to many circumstances.
  02/23/2010 11:00am
LINCOLN, Neb. – Two days of organic farming workshops March 5 and 19 at the Lifelong Learning Center in Norfolk, Neb., will give participants the tools they need to farm organically. The workshops will benefit organic farmers, market gardeners and...
  02/23/2010 10:18am
Proposals for the Specialty Crops Block Grant Program are due to the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) by March 1, 2010. Specialty crops are defined as fruits and vegetables, dried fruits, and nursery crops including floriculture and sod.
  02/22/2010 3:22pm
They like cold weather! Can you believe it? They are certainly nothing like me. The critter I am speaking of is the winter grain mite.
  02/23/2010 10:34am
Many producers pick up the vaccine bottle, draw the reconstituted vaccine into the syringe for administration, and immunize their cattle against bovine respiratory disease. The primary concern often involves infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) and...
  02/23/2010 9:22am
“Where does the food you eat come from?” The majority of our youth today when asked this question will simply state, “the grocery store!”
  02/23/2010 8:38am
Stock show visitors of all ages crowded the National Western Stock Show stadium arena the first Saturday of the event, eager to see 60 restored entries in the 10th annual Antique Tractor Exhibition. Folks ranging from rural roots to big city backgrounds...
  02/16/2010 1:56pm
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