Posted: 10:38 AM The nation's worst drought in decades has worsened in parts of the nation's midsection, further frustrating ranchers and growers of winter wheat in Kansas and Oklahoma.

Updated: 6:03 PM During September and October, Nebraska farmers were busy getting the corn crop out of the fields.

Posted: 8:55 AM A new online tool can help Nebraska ranchers and farmers determine how much should be charged for grazing fields of cornstalks.

Updated: 8:52 AM Ethanol production is gradually becoming more efficient.

Updated: 10:10 PM More than eight months of discussion, and there's still no decision. The Upper Big Blue Natural Resource District revisited the issue of nitrates contaminating groundwater Thursday.

Posted: 2:58 PM The U.S. Department of Agriculture says farmers who chose to pay more to insure their crops at harvest prices will receive $7.50 per bushel for corn.

Updated: 7:19 AM Not sure what to do with that extra deer this deer season?

Updated: 10:43 AM Drought-plagued Midwest farming states got little benefit from the massive storm that pounded the Eastern Seaboard this week, although the nation's worst drought in decades appears to be easing in some areas.

Posted: 6:30 AM Nebraska's corn and soybean harvests are nearly completed well ahead of schedule, but the winter wheat crop is off to a poor start.

Updated: 5:09 AM Fewer sightings, fewer tracks, and fewer roadside remains. While less vehicle-deer accidents are a good thing, the lack of deer in some areas has wildlife officials and hunters worried.

Posted: 11:14 AM Officials say the 2012 Cattlemen's Ball in McCool Junction raised more than $1.4 million for the Eppley Cancer Center in Omaha and other organizations.

Posted: 9:21 AM A popular destination to get your Halloween thrills is closed for the third year in a row but not because of the drought.

Updated: 6:13 PM It's a week of thrills and chills on Pure Nebraska.

Posted: 11:53 AM Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc. says it's selling 12 grain elevators in northwestern Iowa and western Tennessee to The Andersons Inc.

Posted: 7:38 AM Four natural resource districts are joining forces for a project that will increase water flows to Nebraska's Republican and Platte Rivers.

Updated: 10:57 AM We sat down and talked 1-on-1 with candidates for Senate, Congress and State Legislature to get their thoughts on the Farm Bill and other major agricultural issues.

Posted: 6:14 AM The Northern Beef Packers plant in Aberdeen is being allowed to slaughter more cattle after passing a city inspection.

Updated: 6:08 PM Farmers are rapidly harvesting most of the corn and soybeans across the state of Nebraska.

Posted: 8:20 PM Nebraska's corn and soybean harvest is roughly a month ahead of normal this fall, but the continued drought has hindered the winter wheat crop.

Posted: 12:02 PM The number of cattle in Nebraska feedlots grew 5 percent in October to set another new monthly record.

Posted: 5:09 PM Four southwest Nebraska natural resources districts plan to spend $83 million to take 15,000 acres of irrigated farmland in southern Lincoln County out of service.

Updated: 8:01 AM As everyone knows by now, It's been one of the worst droughts on record: The Drought of 2012. And now scientists at the National Drought Mitigation Center in Lincoln have a big concern. Bad news for grocery shoppers...the 2012 drought is predicted to continue.

Updated: 9:50 PM A short drive outside of Broken Bow reveals a changing landscape - fifty wind turbines now dot the Custer County hillsides.

Posted: 6:52 AM Students in nine states and the nation's capital are preparing to examine the legacy of the Dust Bowl and the current impact of drought on agriculture and global food security.

Updated: 6:01 PM It's mid-October and that means lots of exciting stuff to talk about on Pure Nebraska!