The Nebraska Corn Board (NCB) has opened the internship application period for five internship experiences beginning in May 2024. The internships vary in location,
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Dry Bean Breeders Collaborate on Climate-Savvy Bean
By Chabella Guzman Communications Specialist In what is almost an annual visit to Nebraska, Timothy Porch, research geneticist at USDA/ARS in Puerto Rico, scouted
Nebraska LEAD Fellows Announced
Nebraska LEAD (Leadership Education/Action Development) Group 42 participants have been announced by the program’s director, Dr. Terry Hejny. The two-year program will begin in
UNL Chancellor, INAR Roads Scholars Get to Know Nebraska
By Chabella Guzman Communications Specialist The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR) Roads Scholars Tour visited the Panhandle on
USDA Answers Gov. Pillen’s Call to Boost Producer LIP Payment Rate
Governor Jim Pillen announced that payments to Nebraska cattle producers who have suffered weather-related losses, will be compensated at a higher rate. Gov. Pillen
Millets for a Sustainable Future
By Pratiksha Baishya Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture and Dr. Dipak Santra Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture The United Nations
Terminating a Verbal Farmland Lease in Nebraska
By Jessica Groskopf and Dave Aiken UNL Ag Economists Some farm leases are not written but are verbal or “handshake” agreements. Because nothing is
Nebraska Extension Aids Growers with Studies on Wheat Planting Varieties
By Chabella Guzman Nebraska Extension Communications Specialist The Hard Red Winter Wheat harvest is in the bins, and now growers are beginning to look
Nebraska Corn Issues Statement on Request for Dispute Panel
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai announced the United States has requested to form a panel, the next step in the dispute settlement process
Gov. Pillen Hosts Ag and Economic Development Summit
Governor Jim Pillen welcomed around 500 leaders to Kearney’s Younes Conference Center North for the “Governor’s Summit on Ag and Economic Development,” co-hosted by