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Discussions regarding farming and ranching in NebraskaPosted under Crops
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Livestock is one of the corn grower’s most important customers, consuming more than 41 percent of all U.S. corn, including the supply of distillers grains, which are produced by corn ethanol plants.
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Nebraska soybean farmers play a vital role in getting dinner on your family’s table, although you might not always see it. In fact, this diverse miracle crop has found its way into more items than you likely realize. The makeup of a soybean is relatively simple, having only two major components – soybean meal and soybean oil. Both meal and oil find their way to your dinner tables in various forms and fashions.
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Apr 01, 2013Beef, Crops
Besides preparing for planting season, feeding cows and calving, Mark Jagels has a fair share of meetings set before him in the upcoming year as being chair-elect of the U.S. Meat Export Federation’s executive committee.
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Livestock is one of the corn grower’s most important customers, consuming more than 41 percent of all U.S. corn, including the supply of distillers grains, which are produced by corn ethanol plants. In Nebraska, livestock production is the engine that powers state’s economy. It is a $7.5 billion-plus industry that is fundamental to the well-being of Nebraska – and contributes in some way to the financial health of every Nebraskan.
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Best Food Facts recently received a question from Peg about genetic modification of wheat. Peg asked, “I have seen information about wheat that indicates genetic modification was taking place MANY years ago and that our current wheat crops are a result of that modification. Many sources state that there are inherent problems with this wheat. Would you please clarify?”
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Harvest has officially started on our farm! We just began and finished our popcorn harvest this last week and now are moving on to soybeans and dryland corn.
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Wow, it is hard to believe how fast the summer has gone! Seems like we were just planting the popcorn crop yesterday and now we are getting closer to harvesting it!
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Jul 03, 2012Animal Welfare, Beef, Crops, Farmers and Ranchers, General Ag
Matt and Anne Burkholder's alfalfa, corn, and cattle operation was recently featured in Businessweek. Learn more about how they manage their farm and feedlot.
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Jun 28, 2012Animal Welfare, Beef, Crops, Farmers and Ranchers, General Ag
Have you seen the most popular Youtube video about agriculture? "I'm Farming and I Grow It" reached over 1 MILLION views in just a couple of days! The video was made by three brothers who live and work on a farm in Kansas.
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Did you read Mark's last blog about the stages of growing corn? Watch these videos to learn more about prepping a field to plant corn-on-corn and planting corn in a soybean stubble field.
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