Nebraska
A large-animal vet shortage continues to impact rural America. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, in partnership with Gov. Jim Pillen and state leaders, is working to reverse that trend through the Elite 11 Production Animal Health Scholarship Program.
The disease is causing turmoil for farmers who have a large crop in the making. In some cases, a Hail Mary fungicide application at R4 up to early dent (R5) might make sense this season, say agronomists.
The on-again, off-again reports regarding ICE raids is sowing confusion for those who rely on immigrant labor and causing labor shortages because employees aren’t showing up for work.
DARI Processing, LLC has broken ground on Nebraska’s first new dairy processing plant in over 60 years, a $186.3 million facility set to bring shelf-stable milk production, regional opportunity and renewed momentum to the state’s dairy industry.
The largest feedyard north of the Rio Grande is under construction allowing Blackshirt Feeders to combine data, technology and innovation in a closed loop aligning dairies and semen providers with the feedyard.
In an effort to increase its biosecurity measures against HPAI, also known as bird flu, the Nebraska Department of Agriculture has issued a 30 day restriction on the importation of dairy cattle.
What should you expect to pay for custom baling or silage chopping? A new report from the University of Nebraska may offer guidelines. A webinar covering the livestock-specific report will be held at noon on Thursday.
Nebraska’s wide grasslands, fields of golden corn and gushing aquifers make the state a nearly perfect home for cows that are content to live a quiet life of chewing cud and being milked.