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The Nebraska Rural Radio Association is a radio broadcast network in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It was formed in 1948 with the goal of bringing information to farmers and ranchers in the state, including daily grain and livestock markets, weather and farm reports.
The US is the world's largest producer of corn. [8] According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the average U.S. yield for corn was 177 bushels per acre, up 3.3 percent over 2020 and a record high, with 16 states posting state records in output, and Iowa reporting a record of 205 bushels of corn per acre.
As of 2008, the top four corn-producing states were Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, and Minnesota, accounting for more than half of the corn growth in the U.S. [7] More recently, the Corn Belt was mapped at the county level using the Land use and Agricultural Management Practices web-Service (LAMPS), [ 8 ] along with animated maps of changes in time ...
Thompson, who also raises animals for meat at her farm, Pink River Ranch, is one of many farmers turning to the $4.5 billion agricultural tourism industry, according to U.S. Department of ...
Net farm income in 2024 is projected to suffer the largest year-to-year dollar decrease in history, the American Farm Bureau Federation, an industry group, said in a report this month.
The usage of corn for maize started as a shortening of "Indian corn" in 18th-century North America. [22] The historian of food Betty Fussell writes in an article on the history of the word corn in North America that "[t]o say the word corn is to plunge into the tragi-farcical mistranslations of language and history". [8]
About 60% of Banner County is given over to farming: chiefly winter wheat and rangeland, [22] but also corn, beans, sugar beets, potatoes, sunflowers, rapeseed, and millet. [2] In response to groundwater depletion and drought, the Natural Resources Conservation Service has developed a system of cash incentives for farmers in the Pumpkin Creek ...
Here's a look at the Cornhuskers' schedule in 2024, including available start times and TV channel information: All times ET Saturday, Aug. 31: vs. UTEP (W, 40-7)