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Thursday, January 08, 2009
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Feature Story »
 CNPPIDs Jeff Buettner talked about the low lake issues in March during a Central Water Users tour that focused on irrigation upstream of Lake McConaughy. (Kearney Hub File Photo)
The lawsuit pits the state's largest surface water irrigation district against groundwater users in the North Platte Natural Resources District upstream of Lake McConaughy.
Groundwater-surface water issues in the Panhandle already are the focus of a similar lawsuit filed years ago against groundwater users by owners of Morrill County's Spear T Ranch, which has a water right in the now-dry Pumpkin Creek, a tributary of the North Platte River. — Read The Full Story »
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Local Ag News »
Sen. Carlson will seek
funds for river weed fight
LINCOLN - When senators begin introducing bills at Wednesday's opening session of the 2009 Nebraska Legislature, Sen. Tom Carlson of Holdrege will add his bill to fund removing vegetation from the Republican and Platte rivers. — Full Story »
Ag specialists have discerned a few hints about
what may come in an Obama administration
KEARNEY — Illinois is a major farm state, but ag leaders aren’t convinced that the Illinois senator who will become President Barack Obama Jan. 20 truly understands agriculture.
American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman said ag leaders believe they know some things about what they might see during an Obama presidency.
The clues have come from homework by ag policy specialists. Stallman said that in every recent presidential election, after the Iowa caucuses are over, “no one pays much attention to agriculture.”
Obama’s support for renewable fuels is a positive, as were his statements of support for the 2008 Farm Bill. “The key is he sees a role for domestic farm policy,” said Stallman, a rice and cattle producer from Columbus, Texas. — Full Story »
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Extension News »
New extension personnel in Dixon, Thurston and Dakota counties
He's a familiar face in familiar territory.
Keith Jarvi of Wayne has begun new duties in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Northeast Extension District.
The extension Integrated Pest Management assistant in the district since July 1979, he is now the agricultural extension educator in Dixon, Thurston and Dakota counties, said Twig Marston, director of the Northeast Extension District.
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2009 crop production
clinic to be held Jan. 8
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. – The 2009 Crop Production Clinic will be held at the Sandhills Convention Center in North Platte on January 8, 2009. The program will include practical, profitable and environmentally sound practices for crop producers and agricultural professionals, said a University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension Educator. — Full Story »
Lincoln County Extension Board needs to fill vacancies for 2009
Lincoln County, Neb. – The Lincoln County Extension Board has announced the opportunity for Lincoln County citizens to serve on the Extension Board. The five vacancies represent assistance in coordinating University of Nebraska Extension educational offerings in Lincoln County. — Full Story »
USDA News »
NDA schedules meetings in Ord,
Central City on VeraSun bankruptcy
Global economic uncertainty and extreme market volatility have the Nebraska Department of Agriculture's Farm Mediation Service fielding more calls nowadays.
According to Marian Beethe, who administers the Farm Mediation Service program, financial uncertainty created by VeraSun's bankruptcy has led the service to schedule a number of workshops for farmers to learn more about their obligations under forward contracts for grain. — Full Story »
USDA Enacts Changes to Payment Limitations, Income
Qualifications, and Implements Direct Attribution
Lakewood, CO - Lewis Frank, Executive Director of USDA?s Farm Service Agency in Colorado, announced that with the publication of an interim final regulation today in the Federal Register, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced changes to both Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) qualifications, program payment limitations, and direct attribution for FSA and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) programs, which became effective in accordance with the 2008 Farm Bill. — Full Story »
Windbreaks around acreages
provide many benefits
LINCOLN - Windbreaks around homes conserve energy, provide snow control, improve working and recreational conditions, enhance wildlife, provide visual screening and dust control, protect livestock, and can increase production of some crop and food products, according to Jim Brandle, Professor of Forestry with the University of NE-Lincoln and co-author of a recently published Extension circular “Windbreaks for Rural Living”. — Full Story »
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