Agriculture

In one of the most recent webinars by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Center for Ag Profitability, a professional in the field of ag law tackled the topic of the Growing Climate Solutions Act. 

In one of the most recent webinars by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Center for Ag Profitability, a professional in the field of ag law tackled the topic of the Growing Climate Solutions Act. 

Ag law professional talks new carbon credit act

In one of the most recent webinars by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Center for Ag Profitability, a professional in the field of ag law tackled the topic of the Growing Climate Solutions Act.
Kelsey and Mike Bergen were able to attend the Nebraska Corn Grower’s Association D.C. Leadership Mission in early February, where they met with Nebraska delegation and gained helpful insight on ag policy affecting their home state.

Kelsey and Mike Bergen were able to attend the Nebraska Corn Grower’s Association D.C. Leadership Mission in early February, where they met with Nebraska delegation and gained helpful insight on ag policy affecting their home state.

Bergen brings perspective to ag leadership mission

Washington, D.C., has long been the hub for policy -- foreign and domestic. It also happens to be a center of American history. Hamilton County Corn Growers President Mike Bergen has recently returned from a trip to the nation’s capital.
Kelsey Bergen

Kelsey Bergen

DC trip sheds light on important ag issues

In February I had the opportunity to go to Washington DC with the Nebraska Corn Growers Association. You can also read more about this trip in this week’s Aurora News-Register from my husband’s perspective as president of Hamilton County Corn Growers.
U.S. Ambassador Kip Tom spoke all things food security during the Feb. 8 presentation day of Aurora Cooperative’s annual meeting.

U.S. Ambassador Kip Tom spoke all things food security during the Feb. 8 presentation day of Aurora Cooperative’s annual meeting.

Tom: ‘Food security is national security’

Kicking off the Aurora Cooperative annual meeting last week was U.S. Ambassador Kip Tom. Tom, bringing his expansive experience and expertise on the subject, spoke to a large morning crowd on the role U.S. agriculture and products play in “feeding a hungry world.
Matheus Ribeiro, a post-doctoral research associate at the Etnomology Department at the University of Nebraksa-Lincoln, gave a corn and soybean insect update at Ag Day on Jan. 31 covering how to manage various pests and to identify the damage.

Matheus Ribeiro, a post-doctoral research associate at the Etnomology Department at the University of Nebraksa-Lincoln, gave a corn and soybean insect update at Ag Day on Jan. 31 covering how to manage various pests and to identify the damage.

UNL research associate gives update on local pests

Matheus Ribeiro, a post-doctoral research associate at the Etnomology Department at the University of Nebraksa-Lincoln, gave a corn and soybean insect update at Ag Day on Jan. 31 covering how to manage various pests and to identify the damage.
Field work is wrapping up in Hamilton County and farmers are getting in the last bits of harvest, as shown here in a field near Highway 14. With the dry conditions effecting the soil, some farmers report a slow-down in field work after harvest.

Field work is wrapping up in Hamilton County and farmers are getting in the last bits of harvest, as shown here in a field near Highway 14. With the dry conditions effecting the soil, some farmers report a slow-down in field work after harvest.

Harvest season ends a challenging, rewarding year

In what has been a topsy-turvey year for local weather and inflation, farmers in Hamilton County report that with the crops now in from harvest the year has had its rewards despite the turbulent conditions of 2022.
Aurora farmer Mitch Oswald has been exploring ag across the United States, and soon the world, as part of Nebraska LEAD class 40.

Aurora farmer Mitch Oswald has been exploring ag across the United States, and soon the world, as part of Nebraska LEAD class 40.

Oswald gains experience through LEAD program

Aurora farmer Mitch Oswald has been busy with more than the normal goings on for the last year and a half.
Kurt Johnson

Kurt Johnson

Harvest spectacle never gets old, even for city kid

There’s something uniquely Nebraska about fall harvest, even for a city kid. It’s massive in scope, literally and figuratively. It’s fun to watch as the landscape changes by the day, with ripe fields of soybeans and corn being swept clean, proceeds headed for the elevator.
Farmer Don Campbell watches his son Mike put up the pivot stabilizer he created in his soybean field south of Aurora. The two legs help to stabilize the pivot in high-wind weather.

Farmer Don Campbell watches his son Mike put up the pivot stabilizer he created in his soybean field south of Aurora. The two legs help to stabilize the pivot in high-wind weather.

Area farmer creates pivot stabilizer, provides insight

Out in a verdant emerald field of soybeans with a slight breeze flowing around the pivots, veteran farmer Don Campbell has a new gadget that he wants to share with Hamilton County planters.
With the Hampton school in the background, Kylee Young and Shayna Klute explain the recent and pending expansion plans for the Hawk Herd program during a tour after the school’s back to school pep rally Aug. 21.

With the Hampton school in the background, Kylee Young and Shayna Klute explain the recent and pending expansion plans for the Hawk Herd program during a tour after the school’s back to school pep rally Aug. 21.

Updates to Hawk Herd corral offer new opportunities

A select few students, alongside Hampton ag teacher and FFA advisor Joel Miller, took a few moments during the school’s fall pep rally to update everyone in attendance on the new and exciting happenings with the Hampton Hawk Herd and agriculture programs.