Agriculture

Upcoming events:Mar. 25: Crop Science Investigation (CSI) for youth, 5 p.m., Extension Office, RSVP jrees2@unl.eduMar. 25-28: National AgrAbility Training Workshop, Embassy Suites, Downtown Lincoln, https://agrability.unl.edu April 5-6: Shark Tank, Lincoln,...

A few weeks ago, we shared the news that fire had destroyed the harvest equipment of Henderson resident Jonathan Rempel. On October 23 and...

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. 

Henderson Irrigation, a Valley Pivot dealership, is thriving, offering a full line of irrigation products and services.

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.

(McCool Junction, Nebraska) -- When input costs went through the roof in 2021 and 2022, Fillmore County farmer Jordan Uldrich decided that he needed a better strategy for fertilizer and weed management—one that wasn’t going to break the bank, but that would still be effective.

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. 

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