Updated: 3:36 PM Last year alone, the Cattlemen's Ball raised $1.4 million for cancer research. This year's ball was held in Paxton, Nebraska. We'll travel west to find out more about the ball and the effort to find a cure.

Posted: 8:46 PM Approval of a massive farm bill could hinge on a proposed new dairy program the House is expected to vote on this week.

Posted: 6:50 AM Approval of a massive farm bill could hinge on a proposed new dairy program the House is expected to vote on this week.

Posted: 12:24 PM ABC News says it intends to ask a circuit court to dismiss a South Dakota beef processing company's defamation lawsuit now that it has been moved from federal court. Beef Products Inc. sued for defamation over ABC's coverage of a meat product that critics dub "pink slime."

Updated: 5:07 AM Crop experts say Nebraska wheat farmers are growing the same number of acres this year, but are expecting a less to be harvested. The USDA predicts Nebraska's crop could be the smallest since 1944.

Posted: 4:28 PM Corn farmers are feeling the impact of a cool, wet spring but are still expected to bring in a record crop this year.

Updated: 2:44 PM A judge has ruled that opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline in Nebraska can proceed with their legal challenge to a state law that paved the way for a new project route.

Posted: 4:20 AM Nebraska landowners now have until Friday to enroll in a program that pays them for keeping their wheat and mill stubble 14 inches or taller during this year's harvest.

Posted: 4:13 AM Meteorologists are warning that a gigantic line of powerful thunderstorms is likely to threaten one in five Americans on Wednesday.

Updated: 10:12 PM The Senate passed its version of the Farm Bill Monday after failing to pass a separate version last year. Hamilton County farmer Zach Hunnicutt says it's about time something is done.

Updated: 5:15 PM We have a special edition of Pure Nebraska for you this week. We are getting a tour of the state's natural wonders. Learn more about Toadstool Geologic Park in far northwest Nebraska.

Updated: 5:43 AM Tractors are an important, but dangerous, tool of the state's number one industry. That's why educators are teaching new drivers that safety is key.

Posted: 4:33 PM Drier weather has allowed Nebraska farmers to catch up on soybean planting, baling hay, and applying chemicals to fields.

Posted: 4:00 PM The Senate is poised to pass a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill that would expand government subsidies for crop insurance, rice and peanuts while making small cuts in the food stamp program.

Posted: 6:57 AM Genetic testing is becoming a tool for cattle producers to use to monitor and improve the health of their herds.

Posted: 7:35 AM Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey and Nebraska Agricultural Trade Representative Stan Garbacz are packing for Turkey to accompany officials from four other states and the U.S. Department of Agriculture on a trade mission to promote exports.

Updated: 10:24 PM Nine counties in Southeast Nebraska including Lancaster County are no longer in a drought. Brian Fuchs, a climatologist with the National Drought Mitigation Center says the recent rain over the last 6 to 8 weeks helped get the areas out of the drought.

Posted: 5:14 AM The controversial Farm Bill has been delayed many times by Congress. Nebraska farmers are urging lawmakers to keep the crop insurance program in the bill.

Posted: 5:42 AM State officials have confirmed 12 cases of a fatal horse disease in northwest Nebraska.

Posted: 8:05 AM An Nebraska-based ethanol company is buying an idle ethanol plant in Norfolk.

Posted: 4:22 AM Representatives of flour milling and food companies in Nigeria will visit Nebraska and Kansas in June to view this year's winter wheat crop.

Posted: 11:23 AM The recent rain has helped alleviate drought in Nebraska, but most of the state remains dry with the worst conditions being reported out west. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor report released Thursday says that nearly 7 percent of Nebraska in the southeast corner of the state is no longer experiencing drought.

Posted: 2:47 PM A bill that would use sales tax exemptions to attract wind farms to Nebraska has won final approval from lawmakers.

Posted: 6:41 PM The U.S. Department of Agriculture says 96 percent of Nebraska's corn crop and 63 percent of the soybean crop have been planted.

Updated: 9:16 PM Power has been restored but crews are gearing up to do damage assessment after the storm in Jefferson County.