by admin | Aug 28, 2018 | Ag News, Local, News
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced details of actions the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take to assist farmers in response to trade damage from unjustified retaliation by foreign nations. President Donald J. Trump directed Secretary...
by admin | Jul 18, 2018 | Ag News, Local, News
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission officials have confirmed that a male mountain lion killed a domestic goat near Chadron in Dawes County. The goat’s owner contacted Game and Parks officials July 16 after finding the dead animal. That day, Game and Parks biologists...
by admin | May 14, 2018 | Ag News, Local, News
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today the appointment of Richard Fordyce to serve as Administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA). In his role, Fordyce will provide leadership for FSA and its mission to...
by admin | May 1, 2018 | 2-State, Ag News, Local, News
A group of nine students from the UNL School of Landscape Architecture will be in Valentine Tuesday evening to present ideas about improving the quality of life in the Valentine area. This has been the entire focus of these students this semester. After two other...
by admin | Apr 26, 2018 | 2-State, Ag News, Local, News
Planting of spring wheat is finally getting underway in South Dakota. The federal Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop report that 2 percent of the crop is in the ground, well behind the five-year average of 50 percent. Last year at this time, nearly 75...
by admin | Apr 26, 2018 | 2-State, Ag News, Local, News
Agricultural producers who have lost livestock to disease, resulting from a weather disaster, have an additional way to become eligible for a key U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) disaster assistance program. USDA Under Secretary for Farm Production and...
