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In Peosta, Iowa, today, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin proposed two options for revisions to the Renewable Fuel Standard 'Set 2' rule, both of which would reallocate 100% of the difference between projected and actual exempted volumes for 2025 small refinery exemptions. EPA is seeking public comment on two proposed approaches: Proposed approach one:…
I had a perfect attendance at the sale barn all through my school years. There wasn't a single day that my parents sold calves that I didn't make it to watch them sell. Every fall I would skip one day of school to make sure that I was there to help wean the calves and…
American Farmland Trust has named Ben Kurtzman as director of the National Agricultural Land Network and senior adviser, where he will lead network development and programming to ensure that the NALN meets its goal of building capacity among agricultural land protection and planning professionals. Kurtzman previously served as AFT's director of Land Protection Projects. 'I'm…
After collecting, testing and analyzing nearly 200 samples from elevators in 11 states, U.S. Wheat Associates has released the official results from the 2026 quality survey for U.S. soft red winter (SRW) wheat. The report, issued annually since 1979, provides essential, objective information to help global wheat buyers purchase the wheat they need at the…
GOTHENBURG, Neb. — Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture students took 'learn by doing' beyond the classroom on Oct. 1 as the Advanced Welding class traveled to WearParts in Gothenburg, Neb., for an inside look at welding in the agricultural industry. During the visit, students learned about WearParts' hard-surfacing processes used on tillage equipment, including cultivator…
Why are the people in our country so very angry? When the problems are somewhere else, it's easy to blow them off. But when I read about what happened between students from Cheyenne, Wyo., high schools and the Cheyenne Police Department after a recent football game, there was the realization that the anger could be…
ORLANDO, Fla. – After a year in which produce sales were hurt by the cyclospora outbreak from lettuce grown in Mexico, higher fuel costs and continuing high tariffs, the International Fresh Produce Association will use all its skills and powers to restore and increase consumption, IFPA President and CEO Cathy Burns said here Wednesday in…
Since he graduated high school in 1973, Larry Queen has fed cattle every year. 'We're not cow-calf people, we're not backgrounders, we're finishers,' said the Ohio farmer who buys hay and supplement and feeds home-raised corn to cattle in a small lot on his farmstead. Queen first fed cattle alongside his father and now his…
WRAY, Colo. — What if ranchers could manage cattle movements, establish grazing boundaries, and monitor their livestock using technology right from their smartphones? The Yuma County Conservation District invites producers, landowners, conservation professionals, and community members to see these innovations in action during the Bonny Reservoir Adaptive Grazing Field Day on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026,…
Weather has been creating its own World Series. First there was the extended and hot, dry summer across large sections of the Great Plains. Then rain arrived just in time to disrupt harvest activities, especially in Kansas and Nebraska — and lately plenty of rainfall. The main event now through this winter is a greater…
At the end of September, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said it was taking a step back from its current approach to killing wolves involved in livestock attacks as the state's gray wolf population faces threats from politics, disease and more. Across the West, state wildlife agencies take a variety of approaches when it comes to…
Almost too small to see with the naked eye, thrips can be in your dry beans, and you'll never know until you see cupping on leaves. Dry bean growers, especially in southwestern Nebraska, often apply insecticides for thrips, although little is known about the impact of thrips on production. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Master's Student Aarju…
ORLANDO, Fla. – As the International Fresh Produce Association opens its annual meeting and trade show here today, Taylor Farms, whose lettuce harvested in Mexico is believed to be the source of the cyclospora outbreak earlier this year, said it won't sell iceberg lettuce from Mexico during the Centers for Disease Control's defined cyclospora season.…
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Wyoming State Director Tyler Harrison recently announced the agency is awarding $172,000 through the Value-Added Producer Grant Program to Shumway Farms in Lincoln County. 'As part of the 'Farmers First' priority, President Trump and Secretary Brooke Rollins are committed to lifting up small and family run agricultural producers who…
LINCOLN, Neb. — For years, University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty, researchers and extension educators have used podcasts to share information and expertise on topics ranging from beef production and crop management to agricultural markets, water, wildlife, entrepreneurship and natural resources. Now, those podcasts can be found in one place. A new agriculture and natural resources podcast…
