Posted: 2:50 PM Michael Kelsey has announced he will be stepping down as the Executive Vice President of Nebraska Cattlemen, Inc. effective the end of June.

Updated: 6:15 AM Greg Greving says like many Nebraska farmers his planting season got off to a late start.

Posted: 6:47 AM Nebraska landowners have only a couple of weeks left to enroll in a program that pays them up to $10 an acre for keeping their wheat and mile stubble 14 inches or taller during this year's harvest.

Updated: 9:18 PM Last year Congress' attempt at a farm bill failed when the House of Representatives never scheduled a vote on their final version. Now lawmakers in Washington have taken the first steps toward a 2013 Farm Bill.

Updated: 7:48 PM The Federal Reserve says farm income growth slowed across the Plains and western states in the first quarter as costs increased and the drought lingered.

Updated: 3:51 PM We'll travel to the Gage County fairgrounds and learn more about the "Day on the Farm" Agricultural Awareness Program. Find out how third graders are learning about the world of farming.

Updated: 7:27 AM Nebraska farmers are working hard to plant their corn crop, but this spring's wet weather has slowed their work. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says about 43 percent of Nebraska's corn crop has been planted. That's about 10 days behind the average of 77 percent planted at this point. Nebraska's wheat crop continues to be in bad shape. About 48 percent of the wheat crop is in poor or very poor condition.

Posted: 11:47 AM Those wanting to evaluate and plan a farming business can get training and support this month from a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension program.

Posted: 10:35 AM Some University of Missouri students preparing to return to the family farm are analyzing their own family finances for firsthand lessons in the economics of modern agriculture.

Posted: 12:53 PM The wet start to the corn planting season may reduce the amount each acre produces this year, but farmers are planting so much corn they're still likely to bring in a record crop.

Posted: 6:55 AM A new grain-loading facility will be built near Superior to help Nebraska farmers get their crops to market quickly.

Posted: 8:35 PM Nebraska officials have agreed to stop releasing water into Kansas, now that the states have reached a tentative agreement on Kansas' future access to water from the Republican River.

Updated: 1:00 PM A wet spring continues to soak soil across much of the Midwest, causing the prolonged drought to retreat ever so slowly westward.

Posted: 4:49 AM Despite wet weather in April, the amount of water flowing into the Missouri River remains below normal because of slow runoff and the ongoing drought. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Wednesday that the cold weather reduced the amount of runoff from snowmelt in the past month.

Posted: 10:27 PM The Wyoming State Engineer's Office expects more calls on water rights in the North Platte River drainage in the months ahead despite recent heavy snowfall in the river headwaters. Hydrologists continue to forecast less water storage than the amount needed for irrigation.

Posted: 12:36 PM On behalf of U.S. Livestock Genetics Export (USLGE), the Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) is reminding Nebraskans of the availability of cost-share funds to promote U.S. livestock exports.

Posted: 3:53 PM Farmers in the nation's breadbasket who only recently were praying for an end to a withering drought are now pining for enough sunshine and heat to dry their muddy fields in time to plant their corn and other crops.

Posted: 12:50 PM This spring's cold, wet weather has delayed planting in Nebraska because many fields are soggy after last week's snow and rain.

Updated: 5:33 PM You might be a life-long Nebraskan and yet you may have never heard of the Roman l. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center near Clay Center. We'll take you there for a tour and find out how this facility works to help the livestock industry.

Posted: 8:06 AM A University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension webinar is aimed at helping farmers understand their options under the farm bill.

Updated: 9:22 PM Wheat and milo producers in western and south central Nebraska could get paid to leave a little extra stubble in their fields.

Updated: 5:35 AM A water compensation bill in the Nebraska Legislature is generating a lot of policy discussion.

Updated: 6:05 AM Planting season is underway, and after last year's drought, the governor says he's optimistic about this season. But one farmer says it's too soon to tell.

Updated: 3:28 PM This time of year, farmers and producers are thinking about planting season. And many farmers are putting crops in the ground with the help of the latest technology. We'll meet a farmer who is using social media to help with his operation.

Updated: 5:44 AM The Nebraska Corn Board says Nebraska farmers will be making a $3 billion investment in the next few weeks as they plant 9.9. million acres of corn.