(Sioux City, Iowa) - The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Council of Presidents (COP) met on Tuesday, July 21, and are releasing the following statement regarding the fall sports season for 2020: The GPAC Council of Presidents (COP) announced the leagues intention to move forward with fall sports for 2020. …
Weather is the primary factor and a bigger factor then reports on Friday Some much-needed rain will hit fields…then watch out here comes the heat June first to present the U.S. corn belt there were two years that were hotter ’88 & 2012. Ethanol production continues to increase Money and…
Makenna Eisenzimmer, a student from Keith County Farm Bureau, was recently awarded a $1,000 student project grant from the Nebraska Farm Bureau. Eisenzimmer launched her FFA supervised agricultural experience (SAE) and business, Eisenzimmer Show Pigs, last year during an FFA entrepreneurship class. Now, she’s in the process of expanding her…
County fair boards and agricultural societies in Nebraska’s 93 counties are working to modify their county fairs amid a global pandemic. Some fairs have canceled public portions of the celebrations, while others have used guidance from the state to adjust their celebration. To help fairgoers, community members and others, the…
The NAIA shared its preliminary Fall 2020 Guidelines and Recommendations with membership on July 1, 2020. The guidelines include information regarding health and safety protocols, screening, testing, and parameters for returning to play. These recommendations have been developed based on the information that is available at this time, while prioritizing the health…
KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — The emerald ash borer has been found in Kearney, marking the first time the destructive insect has been confirmed in the state outside of eastern Nebraska. The Nebraska Department of Agriculture confirmed Monday the emerald ash borer was found in a tree along a Kearney street…
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit the US early in 2019, auction companies were impacted with social distancing guidelines and state stay at home orders. Auction companies were quick to think on their feet though and many were able to move, postpone or hold auctions online. Now that restrictions are easing…
Lincoln, NE—University of Nebraska Athletic Director Bill Moos announced today several measures intended to mitigate the anticipated significant financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department will reduce overall expenses by approximately 10% in Fiscal Year 2021 which begins July 1. Among the cost-saving measures to be implemented: A reduction…
Kobe King notified Nebraska Head Basketball Coach Fred Hoiberg he will not be coming to play for the Big Red. "Kobe King has informed us that he will not be attending the University of Nebraska for personal reasons. We respect his decision and wish him the best in his future…
USDA on Thursday released its June Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports. For 2020/2021 production corn and soybeans remained unchanged from the May report. USDA dropped new-crop (2020-21) soybean ending stocks to 395 million bushels (mb), the lowest predicted possibility among pre-report analyst estimates. That…
