Posted: 8:59 PM Amanda Radke says she hopes her new children's book will help kids embrace agriculture.

Updated: 9:54 PM To some the keyboard might seem like it doesn't have a place in the field or pasture, but Nebraska ag leaders say that's not true.

Posted: 5:25 PM University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension is again offering Master Gardener Training throughout the state.

Posted: 5:22 PM Extension Master Gardener volunteers in Lancaster County. Training class size is limited. Those participating in the 2012 training class must pay a materials fee of $150.

Posted: 11:18 AM Attorney General Jon Bruning today presented $100,000 to We Support Agriculture, a coalition that supports Nebraska agriculture producers through coordinated communication, education and advocacy.

Posted: 5:39 AM A webinar offered to farmers in five states will explain what government resources are available to help them recover from Missouri River flooding.

Updated: 7:18 PM A new internship program is being offered through the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in honor of the outgoing Nebraska Farm Bureau president.

Posted: 7:16 AM The U.S. Labor Department is proposing new rules for child farm workers that would keep many from driving tractors, using big equipment and working with livestock.

Posted: 10:02 AM Mid-size food processors are sitting on an untapped management resource: their own workers.

Posted: 9:47 AM The record-breaking drought in Texas that has fueled wildfires, decimated crops and forced cattle sales also has reduced levels of groundwater in much of the state to the lowest levels seen in more than 60 years.

Updated: 5:41 AM Hunters in Nebraska have set another record for the number of deer killed this year.

Posted: 5:36 AM A southeast Nebraska county wants state recognition as a "livestock friendly" place.

Updated: 10:37 AM Nebraska farmers and corn detasseling companies are joining forces against proposed child labor rules.

Posted: 6:10 AM Horses could soon be butchered in the U.S. for human consumption after Congress quietly lifted a ban on funding horse meat inspections.

Posted: 8:57 AM University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension will begin its fourth Farm Beginnings® Program at the First National Bank (basement meeting room) in Syracuse on Dec. 10.

Posted: 3:47 PM Above average temperatures have helped Nebraska farmers wrap up most of their fall harvest chores.

Posted: 5:40 AM The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Nebraska received more than $189 million in rural support during the federal fiscal year that ended in September.

Updated: 4:17 AM Child labor laws and agriculture, it's a top priority for many farmers in Nebraska. Farmers say updated child labor laws proposed by the US Department of Labor could have a chilling effect. The department says they're just protecting kids.

Posted: 6:00 AM Livestock farmers are demanding a change in the nation's ethanol policy, claiming current rules could lead to higher meat prices if corn growers have a bad year.

Posted: 4:39 AM Nebraska's fall harvest is winding down although recent snow in the western end of the state has slowed some farm work.

Posted: 12:14 PM Completion of an expansion project will allow the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture at Curtis to nearly double its student enrollment to 600 someday.

Posted: 5:25 AM The leading maker of the enzymes used to produce biofuels says the declining political support for ethanol hasn't diminished the long-term prospects for the industry making fuel from plants.

Posted: 5:15 AM Nebraska feedlots with capacities of 1,000 or more head contained 2.47 million cattle on feed as of Nov. 1.

Posted: 9:37 AM The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Omaha is set to begin the restoration of seven acres of historic oxbow wetlands dominated by invasive species along the Big Papillion Creek.

Updated: 10:15 PM Thousands of people made their way to the Buffalo County Fairgrounds in Kearney this week for the 42nd Annual Gateway Farm Expo.