Central Nebraska farmer faces weather challenges, low corn prices during growing season

PHILLIPS, Neb. (KSNB) - Brandon Hunnicutt has spent more than 25 falls harvesting crops in central Nebraska, but this year ...
KETV Omaha

Federal government shutdown adds to Nebraska farmers' harvest pains

HIM. THAT’S GOOD NEWS TO CONNOR. FOUND SAFE. WELL, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS NOW STRETCHING INTO ITS THIRD WEEK, AND FARMERS IN THE MIDDLE OF HARVEST ARE FEELING THE EFFECTS BECAUSE OF THE ...
Casper Star-Tribune

Cool, wet spring delays Neb. corn harvest

KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) - The corn harvest will be starting late in some parts of Nebraska because of a cool, wet spring that delayed the maturation of crops, a Kearney agronomist says. Warm, sunny autumn ...
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The heart of Nebraska’s economy: Farmers race the frost to clear their fields

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — As the days grow shorter and the mornings colder, the backbone of Nebraska’s economy works against the encroaching winter to get crops out of their fields. The state’s farmers ...
Iowa Public Radio

A new law was supposed to reveal who's detasseling Nebraska's corn. It didn't really

Contractors say they have enough local labor to detassel Nebraska’s seed corn but they’re losing work to migrant workers on H ...