Agriculture

Read about Todd Dzingle who uses conservation practices to improve soil and financial returns.

The 2024 Nebraska Corn Production Clinic will be held Monday, Feb. 5 at the Commercial Building, Hamilton County Fairgrounds in Aurora, Nebraska, starting at 9 a.m. with breakfast refreshments and time to visit with the vendors at the display booths.

On Thursday, Jan. 25, the York County Planning and Zoning Commission met for the final time regarding proposed regulations pertaining to solar projects.

More than one hundred participants packed the Stone Creek Event Center to discuss a proposed solar panel project in McCool Junction. The Omaha Public Power District-hosted “community conversation” featured a variety of area residents at different round tables — and a variety of thoughts on the project.

Summit Carbon Solutions, a company proposing to create a 2,000-mile carbon capture pipeline which would go through York County, has been dealt roadblocks to its $5.5 billion project as regulatory panels in North Dakota and South Dakota denied their permit applications. 

November 17th is the deadline for producers in the Central Platte and Upper Big Blue Natural Resources Districts (NRDs) to apply for the current round of funding through the Nebraska Soil Carbon Project.

The Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) will be hosting a “community conversation” event at the end of the month regarding the solar field project near McCool Junction. 

Thane Wetjen, a Heartland junior, has the buzz for bees. He first got interested in raising his own bees after talking with Heartland 2022 graduate Carson Ott. Ott received a scholarship to start his bee business through the Nebraska Beekeepers Association by writing an essay about how to save the bees a few years back.