Impacts to Corn Farming in Nebraska in 2024
Each year, corn farmers in Nebraska and around the world face a multitude of factors that impact the cost of producing corn and the price they receive when selling their crop. Farmers take these [...]
Seed to Stores: Tracing Food Production and Buying Local
In a world where we are more connected than ever, there’s a growing movement among consumers to know more about where food comes from. Amid this growing desire for transparency and sustainability, the idea [...]
How Corn Is Used Domestically and Internationally
Corn grown in Nebraska and other states has important uses in the United States and around the world. Corn is a major force in local and global markets, playing a vital role in countless [...]
Five Surprising Benefits of GMOs
In an ever-growing world with a continuously increasing population, farmers face the immense challenge of meeting the rising demand for food. Even more difficult, they must grow nutritious, tasty food — that sells for [...]
Five Ways Corn Is Used in Nebraska
Nebraska is one of the top corn-producing states in the nation. In 2022, Nebraska corn farmers harvested more than 1.46 BILLION bushels. That’s a lot of corn! What happens to all that corn? How [...]
Why California Is Among the Top Markets for Nebraska Ethanol
Biofuels like ethanol are the future of carbon-reducing, renewable energy solutions for our cars, trucks and sport-utility vehicles. Nowhere is the demand greater for ethanol than in the state of California. The ethanol Californians [...]
The Average Age of Corn Farmers Is Increasing – How Does This Affect the Next Generation?
As the current farming population ages, there is a growing need to attract and train the next generation to ensure the future sustainability of the agricultural industry. The average age of in the United [...]
Six Facts You Didn’t Know About Nebraska’s Corn Harvest
The corn harvest is moving along in Nebraska, and it won’t be long before piles of golden kernels are safely stored away and the fields are empty. But getting to that point takes a [...]
Why There Are Hormones in Fruits, Vegetables and Beef
Wait a minute. There are hormones in carrots and corn? Corn. Carrots. Pigs. Dogs. Cats. Humans. They all depend on hormones to grow and function. Hormones occur naturally in every living thing, acting as [...]
Why Farmers Use Pesticides and Herbicides
Modern agriculture employs a wide array of tools and techniques to cultivate healthy and robust corn, soybeans and other crops. This includes sophisticated GPS-guided machinery for precision planting, innovative irrigation systems to provide crops [...]
11 In-Demand Careers in Agriculture Besides Farming
When many people think about jobs related to corn, they immediately think of the men and women who grow and harvest the crop. While that makes sense—corn farmers are at the core of the industry—the [...]
What’s the Difference Between Dry Land Corn and Irrigated Corn?
Worrying about the weather and scanning the skies for any possible sign of rain consumes the days—and sometimes, nights—of many farmers across the country. Corn and other crops need water to grow. In many [...]
