NE: Water
Experienced NE farmer talks cattle, cover crops and regenerative agriculture
One of the goals included in Nebraska's Department of Environment and Energy's Priority Climate Action Plan recently submitted to the federal Environm…
NE Water District Protects Quantity, Quality for Future Generations
Groundwater decline is a serious problem in parts of the country, but not in the Lower Republican Natural Resources District in south-central …
Celebrate Nebraska Wetlands During American Wetlands Month
May is American Wetlands Month, and Nebraska has bragging rights when it comes to wetlands. None of the surrounding states have comparable amounts of …
NE's Ho-Chunk Farms to Focus on Conservation in 2023
A northeast Nebraska farming operation is starting the new year with an even bigger commitment to conservation, and they hope other farms take note…
'Bigger Picture' Emerges about Proposed Dundy County CAFO
The Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy has concluded a 30-day public comment period on its intent to approve a permit for a proposed concen…
Study Points to Poultry Litter as Source of NE Water Pollution
A new study is focused on concerns for Nebraska waterways. The three-year, independently funded research identifies rising levels of phosphorus and …
Nebraskans Urge Better State Management of Factory Farm Animal Waste
Clean-water advocates are urging the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy to do more to protect drinking water and soil quality impacted by i…
Restoring Soil Through Carbon Sequestering Benefits Farmers, Climate
With Nebraska farmers facing runaway costs for herbicides and fertilizers this year, a new Center for Rural Affairs report suggested adopting simple …
Advocates Make Case for Expanding Main Street Meat Lockers
Advocates for independent rural farmers are urging state lawmakers to beef up mom-and-pop meat processing and storage capacity using American Rescue P…
Farmers Give Conservation Program Now Open for Applications 'Thumbs Up'
LYONS, Neb. -- The Conservation Stewardship Program in Nebraska is open for applications. Jim Dallegge, a farmer and rancher in Butler County…
Trump Administration Urged to Put People Back to Work on Orphan Wells
LINCOLN, Neb. -- As the oil and gas industry braces for more pain because of falling demand and a glutted market, 31 oil and gas producing states…
Extreme Weather Expected After Historically Wet 2019
LINCOLN, Neb. - Nebraska farmers will not be surprised to hear that 2019 was one of the wettest on record, and Karin Gleason, a climate scientist …