Kellan Heavican

Harvest has wrapped up for a pair of South Central Nebraska farmers who say their yields were extremely variable. Mike Bergen tells Brownfield, “It seemed like it was a little on the quick side between the hail that came late July and the drought, the D4 drought that Hamilton County was in. We had a […]

A recent study from USDA has found that there’s still plenty of uncertainty for farmers interested in tapping into the carbon market space. “We’re really still on the frontier of how agriculture can play a role in carbon sequestration.” Brad Lubben, an ag policy specialist with the University of Nebraska, says he agrees with the […]

A South-Central Nebraska farmer says he doesn’t anticipate changing his cropping rotation in 2024 even if drought continues. Mike Bergen tells Brownfield two of his dryland fields will move to soybeans. “Dryland corners – I will look at reducing the population a little more. I already had reduced it 10% for 2023. Now we will […]

A bipartisan bill that’s been introduced into the US Senate would provide farmers and ranchers a seat at the table to help mitigate future flooding disasters. The Flood Protection and Infrastructure Resilience Act would elevate long-term flood resilience as a priority for the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program, grant the Secretary of Agriculture authority […]

Kansas State University has received a $37 million grant to improve production of cereal crops for countries that face food insecurity. The award will be used to create a lab designed to advance breeding and genetics of sorghum, millet, wheat and rice. The Feed the Future Climate Resilient Cereals Lab (CRCIL) includes US and international […]

The USDA says about three-quarters of the crop is planted and 38 percent has emerged.

A data cooperative is bringing together stakeholders to help farmers and ranchers better understand, implement and value data gathered on operations.

Southwest Nebraska farmer Andy Jobman says it’s been challenging to manage volatility in the fertilizer market.

Rain across parts of Nebraska brought relief to drought, but slowed planting for many farmers last week.

An agronomist says farmers should be cautious about planting corn-on-corn acres due to an increase in root worm disease.