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Farming

LINCOLN, Neb. – Some farmers didn't get their grain dried this fall and winter. Now that temperatures are rising and spring is just around the corner, farmers need to be vigilant about keeping an eye on their stored grain. Tamra Jackson, UNL... more...
03/15/2010 11:39am
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. – With chemigation season only a few months away, chemigators should check the expiration dates on their permits, said Dave Boxler, University of Nebraska–Lincoln entomology research technologist at the West Central...
  03/15/2010 10:03am
Do you have anything to do with farming? I am here to tell you that if you eat or wear clothes, you are involved with agriculture and you should be proud of that! Farmers and the many others involved in agriculture - the process of getting food and fiber...
  03/15/2010 11:29am
A different water supply is now available for lease by Northern Colorado farmers, municipal providers and other water users, with bids due March 19.
  03/15/2010 10:58am
LINCOLN, Neb. – Some Nebraska corn growers are still waiting to get out in the field and finish harvesting their crop.
  03/07/2010 5:43pm
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...
  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
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