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First relay crop provides learning experience

First relay crop provides learning experience

  • Janelle Atyeo

Wheat harvest is done, but the field will be harvested again this fall because a crop of soybeans is growing in the stubble.

Conservation impacted due to USDA staff cuts

Conservation impacted due to USDA staff cuts

  • By Nash Leef, Center for Rural Affairs Policy Associate

For producers, federal conservation programs are complex compared to straightforward transactions with equipment or seed vendors. Enrolling in a three-to-five-year federal contract requires extensive data logging, compliance reporting and strict implementation guidelines.

Corn growers urge DOJ investigation into ‘collusive’ fertilizer industry practices

Corn growers urge DOJ investigation into ‘collusive’ fertilizer industry practices

  • By Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch

Farmers from across the country are urging the federal government to expedite an investigation of the fertilizer industry as they struggle with “impossibly high input costs.” 

National Cattlemen set to work in Colorado

National Cattlemen set to work in Colorado

  • Jaclyn Wilson

"The broken record syndrome will be in effect as I’ll say once again, I fully believe in the policy grassroots process."

A stubborn ewe: How people are like sheep

A stubborn ewe: How people are like sheep

  • Glenn Brunkow

I have said many times that there is a good reason that in the Bible, we humans are compared to sheep.

National Cattlemen set to work in Colorado

National Cattlemen set to work in Colorado

  • Jaclyn Wilson

It’s a beautiful day in Denver, Colorado—or at least it looks like that out the windows. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s (NCBA) Midyear is going on this week. I’m here for two full days of meetings and policy discussions. The broken record syndrome will be in effect as I’ll say once …

Feeling blessed and deeply rooted in rookie mistakes

Feeling blessed and deeply rooted in rookie mistakes

  • Dixi Wellman

"Sadly, most of my lapses in judgment didn’t even occur in my rookie year."

National Cattlemen set to work in Colorado

National Cattlemen set to work in Colorado

  • Jaclyn Wilson

It’s a beautiful day in Denver, Colorado—or at least it looks like that out the windows. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s (NCBA) Midyear is going on this week. I’m here for two full days of meetings and policy discussions. The broken record syndrome will be in effect as I’ll say once …

Feeling blessed and deeply rooted in rookie mistakes

Feeling blessed and deeply rooted in rookie mistakes

  • Dixi Wellman

"Sadly, most of my lapses in judgment didn’t even occur in my rookie year."

Reflecting on the journey to who I'm meant to be

Reflecting on the journey to who I'm meant to be

  • Katie Kaliff-Jagels

"I make a big deal out of birthdays in our house because there’s nothing better than a day dedicated to recognizing the person we’ve become."

A year of growth – for me and the ranch

A year of growth – for me and the ranch

  • Jaclyn Wilson

"I found things that brought me joy. I looked at a bigger picture more than ever before. I took the time for others. I disconnected more. Most importantly, I lived."

Summer kicks off with FFA officer training, weed spraying

Summer kicks off with FFA officer training, weed spraying

  • By Noah Seberger of Bassett, Neb.

"We got a few rain showers more recently, which caused the grass to green up quite a bit, but we’re still needing more rain."

Drought breaks in southeastern Nebraska

Drought breaks in southeastern Nebraska

  • Janelle Atyeo

After another inch and a half of rain in late June, southeastern Nebraska has completely emerged from drought status, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor’s June 25 update.

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Producers explore feeding peas to cattle in place of distillers grains

Producers explore feeding peas to cattle in place of distillers grains

From Major General to the farm field

From Major General to the farm field

Ask the right questions about carbon credits

Ask the right questions about carbon credits

An update from Switzerland: Cattle graze summer-long in the Alps

An update from Switzerland: Cattle graze summer-long in the Alps

  • By BaiLee McMillan, Nebraska IFYE Association

Wow my first four weeks into this IFYE experience has been eye opening!

Buffalo County community pieced together as one in 250th art project

Buffalo County community pieced together as one in 250th art project

  • Kristen Sindelar

“America is not like a blanket—one piece of unbroken cloth. America is more like a quilt—many patches, many pieces, many colors, many sizes, all woven together by a common thread.”

Our nation is a work in progress; it’s what makes us strong

Our nation is a work in progress; it’s what makes us strong

  • Glenn Brunkow

"Sure, we have our problems, and we have some glaring ones right now, but history has shown that we will work them out and we will be better because of it."

When the neighbors' cows come calling

When the neighbors' cows come calling

  • Glenn Brunkow

"Normally, when I see cows that are not where they are supposed to be I assume they are mine. This morning that was not the case, and I found it refreshing."

Tar spot tops corn disease concerns in cool, wet 2026 season

Tar spot tops corn disease concerns in cool, wet 2026 season

  • By Pat Melgares, K-State Extension

A cool, wet start to the 2026 growing season has pushed tar spot to the top of Kansas corn growers’ disease concerns, according to Kansas State University row crop specialist Rodrigo Onofre.

Sharing lessons from our farm

Sharing lessons from our farm

  • Paula Peterson

Right this very minute down on the farm we are busy sharing our farm with visitors. I’m sure Tom would prefer me to not pick the time of year when he is crazy busy trying to spray, taking care of cattle stuff and every other thing that we seem to have to do, but I’m honestly not sure what ti…

Cattle grazing can be invasive grass management tool

Cattle grazing can be invasive grass management tool

  • By Kelsey Stremel, Kansas State University

A student from Nebraska is studying whether one routine management decision — where producers place cattle supplement — could improve calf performance while helping manage invasive Old World bluestem.

Argentine genetics heading to Canada, while celebrating with beef in America

Argentine genetics heading to Canada, while celebrating with beef in America

  • Jaclyn Wilson

"I can probably guarantee I was the only attendee at the event that was also trying to bid on some online embryos at the same time."

Nebraskan travels to Switzerland for agricultural exchange program

Nebraskan travels to Switzerland for agricultural exchange program

    BaiLee McMillan of Milburn, Nebraska, a recent graduate of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University, is representing Nebraska and the U.S. in an international agricultural immersion program called IFYE.

    Father-daughter duo turns milkweed into multi-faceted enterprise

    Father-daughter duo turns milkweed into multi-faceted enterprise

    • Kristen Sindelar

    A woman in southwestern Nebraska is unlocking the potential of the seemingly common milkweed plant for its unprecedented silken, thermal and medicinal attributes.

    Supreme Court reduces Roundup lawsuits

    Supreme Court reduces Roundup lawsuits

    • Andrew Chung Reuters

    The decision overturned a jury verdict in Missouri awarding $1.25 million to a man who said he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma after years of exposure to glyphosate in Roundup.

    Gypsy Vanners: Beautiful horses with an abundance of hair and the look of a draft

    Gypsy Vanners: Beautiful horses with an abundance of hair and the look of a draft

    • Ruth Nicolaus

    “A lot of people will say they are born broke. That isn’t quite the case, but they’re much calmer than other breeds.”

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