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Friday, January 09, 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 »
Swine producers weather most
difficult economic situation
since November 1998
Swine producers are not immune to the effects of high gas prices on meat consumers. Households are spending $61 less on gas in December than they were last summer during peak gas prices, estimated Dale Durcholz, senior livestock analyst with AgriVisor Services in Bloomington, Illinois. This savings translates to about $7 billion per week on a national level. — Full Story »
Crawford County plants not among those listed in Mexico ban
Plants owned and operated by Smithfield Foods and Tyson were among 30 U.S. plants whose products were banned by Mexico last week. However, Smithfield and Tyson plants in Denison were not among those listed. — Full Story »
Prairie Pedlar blooms
Jack and Jane Hogue started planting flower gardens at their Odebolt home in 1985.
The Hogues got their parents and their three children, Janna, Tyler and Emily, involved in growing the flowers. Seven acres of land, west of their home, became available for sale in 1995 so the Hogue family purchased the land to expand their flower gardens. They spent two years restoring the bow-truss barn and school, landscaping and adding theme gardens. The gardens became known as "Prairie Pedlar" and officially opened to the public in 1997 for viewing. "The word 'pedlar' is an old English spelling," explained Jack Hogue.
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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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