Agriculture

Representatives with the Nebraska Extension and the Farm Service Agency (FSA) came together to share how conservation programs in the state can help support both farmers and the environment.

Representatives with the Nebraska Extension and the Farm Service Agency (FSA) came together to share how conservation programs in the state can help support both farmers and the environment.

Extension, FSA share conservation programs

Jeni Obermier
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Representatives with the Nebraska Extension and the Farm Service Agency (FSA) came together to share how conservation programs in the state can help support both farmers and the environment.
More and more under the current circumstances of agriculture in the United States, farmers and ranchers are becoming increasingly curious about emerging carbon markets, carbon offers and carbon banking. 

More and more under the current circumstances of agriculture in the United States, farmers and ranchers are becoming increasingly curious about emerging carbon markets, carbon offers and carbon banking. 

The future of US carbon markets reportedly uncertain

Cheyenne Rowe
Tuesday, July 6, 2021
More and more under the current circumstances of agriculture in the United States, farmers and ranchers are becoming increasingly curious about emerging carbon markets, carbon offers and carbon banking.
A recent Extension study looked at the economic impact of expanding the dairy cattle industry in Nebraska.

A recent Extension study looked at the economic impact of expanding the dairy cattle industry in Nebraska.

Economic impact of dairy expansion in Nebraska

Jeni Obermier
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Nebraska is known for its many staples of the agricultural industry -- from corn and ethanol to soybeans and cattle. A research group with the Nebraska Extension looked at how expanding the dairy cattle industry could have an impact on the state’s economy.
This corn crop is making good progress in a field on the south side of Aurora.

This corn crop is making good progress in a field on the south side of Aurora.

Planting season in the books; status quo for now

Cheyenne Rowe
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
As the weather warms up and the calendar turns into the summer months, most every farmer in Hamilton County has wrapped up their planting season.  Fresh out of a unique set of circumstances in 2020 -- flooding, a pandemic -- local voices also expressed contentment with the “status quo.
Testing Ag Performance Solutions (TAPS) is a program developed by the University of Nebraska Research and Extension specialists and educators to study real-life farm management through competitions.

Testing Ag Performance Solutions (TAPS) is a program developed by the University of Nebraska Research and Extension specialists and educators to study real-life farm management through competitions.

TAPS data shows irrigation strategies

Jeni Obermier
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Testing Ag Performance Solutions (TAPS) is a program developed by the University of Nebraska Research and Extension specialists and educators to study real-life farm management through competitions.
Ben Johnson, left, and Zane Zents show the latest model of the Grain Weevil, which earned them a prestigious MIT prize.

Ben Johnson, left, and Zane Zents show the latest model of the Grain Weevil, which earned them a prestigious MIT prize.

Grain Weevil earns prestigious MIT prize

Kurt Johnson
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
The Grain Weevil robot introduced last year by local inventors earned national acclaim this week as one of seven recipients of the 2021 Lemelson-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Student Prize.
This Husker Harvest Days seminar focused on land values and other topics in the wake of a year with COVID-19.

This Husker Harvest Days seminar focused on land values and other topics in the wake of a year with COVID-19.

Jansen shares thoughts on land values, cash rental rates

Jeni Obermier
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
A topic that no one in a rural community can escape revolves around land and its related values and cash rental rates.  To help review the year and look to the future, Jim Jansen, an agricultural economist with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, spoke during a seminar on land in the wake of COVID.