$1.5 Million Available to Landowners to Fight Invasive Weeds
July 10, 2009 Several Nebraska organizations are joining forces to battle invasive plants along many of the river corridors in the western two-thirds of Nebraska.
Progressive Grazing Land Bus Tour July 21-22 in Nebraska, South Dakota
July 10, 2009 The South Dakota Grassland Coalition and the Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition have joined forces to host a bus tour of progressive grazing operations around the Yankton, S.D., area on July 21-22.
2009 Nebraska Grazing Conference
July 10, 2009 The ninth annual Nebraska Grazing Conference will be August 11-12 in Kearney. Information and brochures are available from the UNL Center forGrassland Studies, which coordinates and helps sponsor the conference.
Pre-registrations are due by August 1, after which late fees apply.
USDA: Nebraska Crop Conditions
July 10, 2009 Wheat harvest is over half complete in the southeast and moving west, according to a July 6 report from USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office.
Nebraska July 1 Wheat Production Forecast Higher
July 10, 2009 Based on July 1 conditions, Nebraska's 2009 winterwheat crop is forecast at 78.2 million bushels, up 9% from last month's forecast and6% above last year's crop, according to the Nebraska Field Office of USDA's NationalAgricultural Statistics Service.
USDA: Nebraska Acreage Report
July 10, 2009
Nebraska producers increased acreage devoted to corn, hay, oats, and sugarbeets from a year ago, while decreasing acres planted to soybeans, winter wheat, sorghum, dry edible beans, proso millet, and sunflowers, according to a June 30 report from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service Nebraska Field Office.