Sustainable, regenerative, decarbonized — no matter what you call it, Nebraska’s farmers are increasingly being asked to produce enough food, fuel and fiber for a growing global population, while reducing their impact on the environment.
Feeling blessed and deeply rooted in agricultural communication.
Karlee Schrunk has authentically captured what it takes to be a cowboy and rancher in her children’s book “Cowboys Can Ranch.”
You rely on precision instruments to accurately place each seed into the ground and GPS to guide your sprayer and evenly apply herbicide. But are you ready for technology to manage your marketing strategies?
I do not think of myself as old. I am not sure what the age threshold for old is, but I do not think I have gotten there yet.
Bom dia! It has been around 15 years since I was last in Brazil, and I will say my Portuguese is not like riding a horse. I do remember all of the important words: hi, goodbye, thank you, bathroom, pineapple and speed bump. I’m sure the last two will have the utmost importance at some time d…
After years of hosting live nativity events at Christmastime, 3B Homestead will use their farm setting and animals to tell the Easter story.
Anyone who has ever had a respiratory infection knows how hard it can be to clear the body and how miserable it can make a person feel.
Bom dia! It has been around 15 years since I was last in Brazil, and I will say my Portuguese is not like riding a horse. I do remember all of the important words: hi, goodbye, thank you, bathroom, pineapple and speed bump. I’m sure the last two will have the utmost importance at some time d…
Numerous tractors and sprayers were on the move in the fields this past week and BOOM, just like that winter came back. A little snow and rain had been on the forecast, but it went from a winter weather advisory to a winter storm warning in a few short hours. The big, wet snowflakes started …
After years of hosting live nativity events at Christmastime, 3B Homestead will use their farm setting and animals to tell the Easter story.
Getting first time mother cows bred for the second time is probably one of the strongest challenges for most beef producers.
The intense demand placed upon small, independently-owned meat lockers has abated since 2020. However, the industry is still feeling growing pains as it endures increased financial burden, worker shortages and continued demand for locally sourced food.
Kochia, an annual weed, requires a mix of herbicides early in the year to prevent it from disturbing crop production, said Kansas State University weed scientist Jeremie Kouame.
There are two things Brad Gleason is known for in his hometown of Fullerton: living by the river and custom processing superior cuts of meat.
As some of you may have noticed, I did not get a column written for my dad in January while he and my mom attended the American Farm Bureau Annual Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, and I played Glenn Brunkow for a week. Story short, things did not go according to plan. While my parents wer…
"I think the biggest struggle I deal with is the guilt. We were raised with this mindset that work takes precedence."
The inaugural American Royal Spring Youth Livestock Show is slated for March 27-30 at the American Royal Complex in Kansas City, Missouri. Youth will exhibit prospect, market and breeding cattle, goats, sheep and swine.
Usually by the second week in March we start seeing the happy, bouncy calves running in the lots.
Except for a few chilly mornings, very un-February-like weather continues to be the norm. Helping drive cows to new fields on those mornings proved to be a bit cool but the crisp air was a reminder of how grateful we should be for the numerous warm days we have been blessed with. Thinking ba…
“If producers don’t improve animal disease traceability now, they pay an even greater price later when the industry is eradicated by disease."
I know the giant rodent in Pennsylvania told us that we are going to have an early spring. I also know that over the last few weeks it sure seems like we are going to have an early spring, but I am still guarded in that opinion myself. In fact, if I had to put money on it, I would say that M…
The pork sector may be the next to require a standardized electronic animal identification program.
Walk through the halls of a high school and it is easy to see that not all kids develop at the same pace – some look like mature adults while others appear younger than their age.
I'm writing my final report from a stalk field while I unload water. It has been fun sharing our family's life with y'all.
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