Crew members at Diamond J Custom Services are keeping busy throughout spray season, though old equipment must be fixed as new machines are a year out at best.

A familiar sight across a good portion of Hamilton County are pivots down for the count, for the foreseeable future. This group is sitting, detached, off to the side of a field outside of Hampton. They are likely awaiting repairs that could come any time in the next few months. This has affected some producers decision making process post-hail.

Drayden Bellamy and Brad Eifert struggle to pull a net full of fish into the boat for evaluation during the fish survey at Pioneer Trails Recreation Area.

This corn field three miles north of Hampton sustained heavy damage in the June 7 storm which swept through the area. Many area farmers are now contemplating whether to replant or try to get as much out of the damaged crop as possible.

Matt Grosshans is working toward saving his soil.

Crew members monitor a control burn conducted in May near the entrance to the Prairie Plains Resource Institute warehouse and education center northwest of Marquette.

This large and in-charge piece is a steam engine, used in place of a tractor, to pull a thresher machine through a field.

Nebraska beef, and beef in general, hold a lot of nutritional value to the human body, according to industry experts.

Like many fields in Hamilton County, this one, located just of Highway 14 north of Aurora, still had standing water in the corners thanks to rain. With up to 4.9 inches falling over the last week, the effect could be beneficial for farmers.

With the war in Ukraine taking a large supply of commodities off the market, producers around the world have opportunities and pitfalls to navigate in order to fill the void of demand.