Posted: Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
KIMBALL, Cool weather blew into the tri-state region last week, following a week of springtime warmth. Temperatures tumbled into the 50s over the May 18-19 weekend and remained cool well into the week. ...more
Posted: Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
LINCOLN, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) scientists are experimenting with the use of corn silage in cattle finishing diets, finding that it can be an economical replacement for corn in feedlot diets containing distillers grains.
On another front, research is being conducted into feeding distillers grains that have some corn oil removed, so the oil can be used in biofuels.
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Posted: Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
KIMBALL, Negotiations (or political posturing) regarding the extremely tardy Farm Bill are in the news this week, and unsurprisingly, the debate over food stamps is once again the largest bone of contention.
Unfortunately, the arguments allow politicians to avoid doing what they should, taking up the hard task of setting agricultural policy for the next five years.
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Posted: Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
LINCOLN, Two eminent water resource experts are bringing their broad experience and leadership to the Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute (DWFI) at the University of Nebraska.
Chittaranjan Ray will join the DWFI in August as director of the Nebraska Water Center, and Christopher M. U. Neale will join the DWFI in October as director of research.
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Posted: Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
LINCOLN, It's a classic, and it's a good one.
The 19th annual 4-H/FFA Golf Classic links golfers with fundraising to support Nebraska 4-H and FFA. ...more
Posted: Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
LARAMIE, Wyo., Wyoming landowners may be less likely to accept conservation easements than landowners elsewhere, according to findings in a new bulletin from the University of Wyoming (UW) Extension.
Researchers in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at UW and at Colorado State University surveyed landowners in Colorado and Wyoming to ...more
Posted: Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
LARAMIE, Wyo., A University of Wyoming (UW) entomology doctoral student who helped develop a more efficient and less environmentally hazardous method of rangeland grasshopper control has received the $32,000 Lloyd/Kumar GraduateFellowship in Entomology.
Doug Smith of Casper received the scholarship established in 2007 to honor long-time UW entomologists Jack Lloyd and Rabinder Kumar. ...more
Posted: Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
LINCOLN, Much of the scientific and technical knowledge needed to address the world's burgeoning food needs already exists. The challenge now is to get it into small farmers' hands in a way they can use it and to convince governments to change policies to make it more feasible for them to do so. ...more
Posted: Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
CHEYENNE, Wyo., The Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP) will be participating in the nationwide May Mobilization Seat Belt Enforcement campaign, which starts at midnight on May 20 and ends at midnight June 2.
The campaign focuses on "high-visibility enforcement" during the Memorial Day holiday period. ...more
Posted: Friday, May 17th, 2013
KIMBALL, After 10 days of springtime warmth following the wintry storminess that closed out April, soil temperatures were on the rise, winter wheat stands were establishing solid growth, pastures were greening and weeds were emerging across the tri-state region.
April's moisture brought much-needed refreshment to regional soil moisture profiles, but unusual coolness held springtime plant growth in check. ...more
Posted: Friday, May 17th, 2013
LINCOLN, Climate change already is being felt around the world, and society must figure out how to adapt to the changes already underway and mitigate the severity of future impacts, experts said May 7 at the global Water for Food Conference.
The fifth annual conference, hosted by the Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska ...more
Posted: Friday, May 17th, 2013
KIMBALL, I'm in the process of writing a piece for the upcoming Western Harvest edition. The topic is "The Future of Agriculture." ...more
Posted: Friday, May 17th, 2013
LINCOLN, Dilip Kulkarni remembers the first global Water for Food Conference in Lincoln in 2009. "Another water conference" was his initial dismissive reaction. ...more
Posted: Friday, May 17th, 2013
LINCOLN, "The Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program could prove to be a very viable option to Nebraska crop producers in 2013," said Farm Service Agency Director Dan Steinkruger.
The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 provided a year extension of the ACRE program. ...more
Posted: Friday, May 17th, 2013
SCOTTSBLUFF, Producers, crop consultants and others involved in sugar beet production have an opportunity to sharpen their knowledge and skills in August, when the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Panhandle Research and Extension Center sponsors the 2013 High Plains Advanced Cropping School for Sugarbeets.
UNL specialists and educators, along with industry professionals, will lead two days of in-depth, field-oriented, hands-on sessions ...more
Posted: Friday, May 17th, 2013
NORTH PLATTE, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Extension will begin its first Farm Beginnings Program at the Lincoln-Logan-McPherson Extension Office meeting room in North Platte on May 25.
As part of a U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmer and Rancher Grant, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension is facilitating the Farm Beginnings Program.
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