Stories Tagged "Nebraska"

Final Decision Elusive for Keystone XL Pipeline

posted on May 10, 2013 at 4:10 PM

The waiting game is far from dull where the Keystone XL pipeline is concerned. Though the door has closed on the public comment period in response to the U.S. State Department’s Environmental Impact Statement, another has opened. Full Story

May Snow Cools Corn Belt's Progress

posted on May 3, 2013 at 4:38 PM

This week started with some delayed warm and dry conditions. The weather pattern allowed for corn planting to finally occur. But growers are still well behind the average pace as only 5 percent of the corn crop was in the ground according to USDA’s... Full Story

Flooding Drowns Out Some Areas of Drought

posted on April 25, 2013 at 4:35 PM

“The rain on the plain was mainly a pain” for many in rural America this week. Several rivers escaped their banks in Illinois, Missouri and the Dakotas. High water in Spring Bay, Illinois near Peoria flooded homes and other low-lying areas.... Full Story

Activists Flood Keystone Pipeline Hearing

posted on April 19, 2013 at 5:35 PM

Emotions ran high, this week, in Grand Island, Nebraska where the U.S. State Department held its sole public hearing on the environmental review of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Full Story

Opponents Move To Stop Keystone Pipeline

posted on March 22, 2013 at 2:39 PM

An unusual coalition of environmentalists, property rights advocates and ranchers are attempting to find new ways to derail project. Full Story

Snowstorm Again Blankets Several Regions

posted on March 1, 2013 at 5:08 PM

A late-winter storm socked portions of the Plains, Corn Belt and Great Lakes again this week, delivering much-needed moisture to an area still locked in the worst drought in half-a-century. Over the weekend snow blanketed Denver, Colorado,... Full Story

Nebraska Governor OK's Pipeline Route Through State

posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:55 PM

Heineman sent a letter Tuesday to President Barack Obama confirming that he would allow the controversial project to proceed in his state. Full Story

USDA To Survey Farmers, Ranchers On Expenses

posted on January 25, 2013 at 1:52 PM

Nearly 33,000 producers nationwide will be surveyed between January and April. Full Story

Iowa church blesses Missouri River in ceremony

posted on January 14, 2013 at 9:13 AM

The Missouri River has received a special blessing from an Iowa church that hopes the ceremony will make the river holy and reduce flooding and drought. Full Story

Nebraska and Wyoming Have Driest Years Ever in 2012

posted on January 14, 2013 at 9:07 AM

A national report says Nebraska was one of two states that experienced its hottest and driest year on record in 2012. Full Story

U of M To Study Organic Dairy Profitability

posted on October 26, 2012 at 1:09 PM

A $1.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will help fund the four-year project. Full Story

Proposed Nebraska Pipeline Will Increase River Flows

posted on October 26, 2012 at 1:06 PM

District officials have agreed to buy a farm south of North Platte and retire approximately 15,800 acres from production. Full Story

Drought Holds Its Grip As Growers Pivot To Wheat

posted on October 26, 2012 at 12:45 PM

USDA in its weekly crop report says that while 81 percent of the crop had been planted, only half of it has broken through the soil to show signs of life. Full Story

Farm State Debates Involve Farm Bill

posted on October 12, 2012 at 4:18 PM

Over the past few years, U.S. agriculture has been a bright spot in dismal economic times. But that doesn’t mean the farm sector is above the fray of campaign rhetoric. Full Story

Disease Fatal to Deer Showing up in Cattle

posted on September 7, 2012 at 11:31 AM

State agriculture officials say a disease fueled by the Midwest drought that's often fatal to deer is showing up in cattle in Nebraska. Full Story

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