Updated: 12:32 PM The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is receiving a $25 million federal grant to research various forms of E. coli bacteria.

Updated: 6:56 PM Nebraska ranchers and farmers who need certification can take a daylong manure management course next month from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Posted: 6:29 PM Nebraska feedlots say the number of cattle on feed grew 5 percent to 2.55 million at the start of the year.

Posted: 10:45 PM The annual Cow Calf College at the Meat Animal Research Center (MARC) near Clay Center brought mobile agriculture exhibits and lectures free to citizens and students.

Posted: 11:27 AM Late in 2011, a Nebraska motorist stopped at a service station to fill up with ethanol blended fuel. One of the gallons going into that tank was the ten billionth sold in the state.

Updated: 6:41 AM Governor Dave Heineman's call for the elimination of Nebraska's inheritance tax has some central Nebraska counties worried about losing those dollars.

Posted: 3:03 PM Nebraska’s Senator Ben Nelson applauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture announcement of a disaster relief package that will help Nebraska farmers, ranchers and agricultural communities recover and rebuild after last year’s floods.

Posted: 9:46 AM U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack is expected to announce that 33 states and Puerto Rico will receive a share of more than $300 million in emergency funds to help them recover from an unusually intense year of natural disasters.

Updated: 5:35 AM Hall County residents should breathe a little easier now that the Board of Supervisors has made some changes in the way pen waste from JBS Swift is disposed of.

Posted: 6:07 AM They're cute and cuddly, but unfortunately, they're also a big headache for some landowners.

Updated: 10:08 AM A bill designed to limit the spread of black-tailed prairie dogs in Nebraska is set for legislative debate.

Posted: 3:59 PM Nebraska is losing trees to high grain prices.

Updated: 11:46 AM Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln say irrigated corn is highly efficient in its use of energy, water and fertilizer, and the increased yields it produces more than offset the energy costs.

Posted: 8:23 AM The annual Nebraska cow/calf college seminar will discuss issues and management strategies that affect profitability of beef producers.

Updated: 9:45 PM Students in Hastings Public Schools have been enjoying locally produced food served with a side of education this year.

Posted: 3:27 PM The Nebraska Cattlemen Foundation (NCF) is accepting applications for scholarships which are available to qualified youth in Nebraska who have an interest in the beef industry.

Updated: 12:30 PM Some Nebraska wheat farmers have been worrying about the warm, dry winter.

Updated: 2:35 PM Many Nebraska ag groups spend time and money every year sending members and delegates on promotion and trade missions to other countries, but do these foreign marketing tactics actually work?

Posted: 6:40 AM Authorities say two men have been cited for poaching trumpeter swans near the Platte River in south-central Nebraska.

Posted: 9:29 AM Nebraska ethanol producers win court ruling.

Posted: 9:49 AM The Nebraska Corn Board celebrated the end of 2011 with a victory when Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill struck down California’s low carbon fuel standard.

Updated: 6:36 AM The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says chronic wasting disease has been found in three central Nebraska counties for the first time.

Updated: 7:15 AM Nebraska food producers can learn how to protect their product and customers at workshops scheduled throughout the state.

Posted: 10:21 AM A rural Nebraska man has pleaded guilty to what used to be known commonly as cattle rustling.

Posted: 2:36 PM The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension has scheduled crop production clinics at nine locations across the state in January.