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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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Study flows from Harlan Lake releases
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials are watching rainfall totals and weather forecasts to judge whether releases from Harlan County Lake for a Republican River channel capacity study should be adjusted to avoid flooding.
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TB containment biggest 2009 challenge for Ag Department
Nebraska Department of Agriculture officials continue to lead trade missions to promote beef, pork and other ag commodities in Asia, Europe and South America.
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Milliken: University of Nebraska's new entrepreneur, innovation programs two keys to state's future
A new entrepreneurship program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources should attract students from across the country and meet one of the university president's four keys to Nebraska's future. — Full Story »
 Economic experts: Conditions mimic farm crisis of 1980s
Nebraska ag producers who think causes of the current recession sound familiar are right. They have seen it all before.
"We got into this mess because Wall Street didn't understand the farm crisis of the 1980s. They didn't learn those lessons, " said Jason Henderson, vice president and chief economist at the Omaha branch of the Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City.
In an economic update Thursday at the 22nd annual Governor's Ag Conference in Kearney, Henderson said conditions leading to the current recession are "eerily similar to the 1970s." — Full Story » |
Nebraska Supreme Court to decide if CNPPID can challenge Pumpkin Creek groundwater allocation
The Nebraska Supreme Court will decide if a surface water irrigation district can challenge groundwater pumping allocations set by a natural resources district. — Full Story »
Rep Basin surface water irrigators also hurt by low water supplies
A surface water irrigation district manager wants people to know that groundwater users aren't the only Republican Basin farmers with water supply and interstate compact concerns. — Full Story »
NRD will pay half of cost for invasive weed study
The Lower Loup Natural Resources District will pay half of the estimated $17,000 cost for a late-summer aerial survey of invasive weeds in 640 miles of main channels in the South, Middle and North Loup rivers. — Full Story »
Farmers, ranchers must be 'Face of Agriculture'
In a video made from a tractor and uploaded to the Internet from a cell phone, an Alabama farmer sings a snappy, self-composed song that describes the process of collecting dairy waste and spreading it as fertilizer on fields. — Full Story »
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