Lower Mississippi River Dredging Project Begins, Expected To Improve Farmer Basis

The project to deepen the lower Mississippi River to the port of New Orleans form 45 feet to 50 feet…

Nebraska Lawmakers Outline Grand Compromise Property Tax Relief Plan

Time is winding down for the remaining few days of the Nebraska’s Legislature’s 2020 session and a group known as…

Minnesota Senator Wanting To Get Economic Stimulus Bill Out Soon

Congress continues to work to pass another economic stimulus bill for COVID 19 relief. Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, member of…

TruShrimp Resumes Investor Push

truShrimp has resumed the equity drive for its $331 million indoor shrimp farming facility in Madison, South Dakota. CEO and…

Center For Rural Affairs Concerned Not Enough Money Provided For Medicaid

Congress is working on their next COVID 19 relief package and so far there is no funding increase for Medicaid…

Drought Conditions Causing Spider Mites To Show Up In Minnesota

Drought like conditions in parts of Minnesota are leading to the development of spider mites which mostly damage soybeans and…

RFA Submits Ethanol Recommendations To USDA For Its Ag Innovation Agenda

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been seeking input on their Agriculture Innovation Agenda they announced a few months ago.…

Dairy Executive Pleased Senators Challenging The EU On GI Issue

A bipartisan group of Senators led by South Dakota’s John Thune have written to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and…

Nebraska Farm Bureau Official Defends Rewrite Of NEPA

A coalition of environmental groups led by Earth Justice and the Environmental Defense Fund are challenging the Trump administration’s rewrite…

Nebraska Cattlemen Help Formulate NCBA Policy At Summer Meeting

Nebraska Cattlemen Association members attending the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association summer meeting last week helped iron out a policy compromise…