Latest News From Nebraska

After an employee suffered severe burns from anhydrous ammonia exposure, a beef packing plant has been fined almost $183,000 by the federal government.

After a software error caused beef carcasses to be inaccurately reported for grades and weights, JBS is a paying a fine and reimbursing producers who were impacted.

After a software error caused beef carcasses to be inaccurately reported for grades and weights, JBS is a paying a fine and reimbursing producers who were impacted.

For the upcoming 2019 year, cow-calf share leases or cash leases should be reviewed.

This interactive, online tool helps farmers and cattle producers connect and develop mutually beneficial agreements to use crop residue and forage cover crops for grazing.

Windrow grazing is a management practice that can significantly reduce harvesting and feeding costs.

Two feedlots in northeast Nebraska have reached a settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) following the discovery of manure runoff issues.

Research by the University of Nebraska investigating summer dry lotting of cow-calf pairs has shown seasonal dry lotting can be a cost competitive option to traditional production systems. 

A walkout over a pay shift differential at a Cargill Schuyler, Nebraska, beef processing plant partially disrupted production at the facility and diverted some cattle back to area feed lots.

The amount of moisture received across the US southern high plains since October has been ridiculously low. Forecasters warn of intensifying drought and wheat crop losses.

The Nebraska Sandhills are often viewed as an ecosystem vulnerable to erosion of the sandy soil dunes following the reduction of aboveground vegetation.

The fight over Costco's chicken processing operation — already approved by the city of Fremont and the state of Nebraska — is now moving to the county level.

Nebraska’s success luring Costco’s chicken processing plant to Fremont suggests they may be a fit for Tyson.

A Nebraska chicken processing plant is under scruitiny for possible water contamination risks down river in Iowa.

Europeans could end up buying more of Nebraska's beef under a series of agreements signed during a state-sponsored trade mission earlier this year, officials said Thursday.

Drought has led officials to allow emergency haying and grazing on conservation land in four south-central Nebraska counties.

A 53-year-old Lincoln, Neb. man accused of trying to sell stolen cattle has been given two years in prison.

Farmer advocacy groups have planned several informational meetings to help farmers if they decide to raise chickens for a plant proposed by Costco Wholesale in eastern Nebraska.

Fremont, Neb. will pay for a study of water and sewer services at a proposed chicken plant site despite opponents' arguments that doing so violates state law.

Signs that said "We (heart symbol) Costco" were front and center during a Dodge County, Nebraska news conference held on a farm to discuss a proposed chicken plant that's drawn some local opposition.

A new U.S. Department of Agriculture report says the number of cattle in large Nebraska feedlots is down 2 percent compared to January of last year.

A central Nebraska farm is tapping into a growing national interest in cover crops, which were popular in organic circles but a rarity among mainstream row-crop producers.  

Hall County supervisors are backing efforts to combat what the county attorney says are violations by a Dannebrog, Neb. cattle feeder who has too many animals at his location.

A meat company based in Nebraska is recalling 167,427 pounds of ground beef that might be tainted with E. coli bacteria.

A 50-year-old Iowa man is scheduled to be sentenced in November for knifing a co-worker at a meat plant in northeast Nebraska.

Tyson Foods doesn't have to pay workers at two of its Nebraska plants for the time they spend putting on and taking off safety gear and preparing for work, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

A beef production plant based in Omaha is promising to update its hiring practices to avoid discrimination as part of an agreement with authorities.

Expansion reinforces commitment to the beef industry.

Celebrating 75 years, the Nebraska Angus Tour takes place Aug. 20-22

Nebraska Extension's Mid-Plains Beef Educational Series will conduct a session on preparing for the upcoming cattle breeding season April 2 at the University of Nebraska Agricultural Research and Development Center near Mead.

Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. has revealed a $47 million expansion of its existing beef processing plant in central Nebraska.

Investors in a proposed beef processing plant say they are close to choosing a site in the western Nebraska panhandle for the project.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the number of cattle in Nebraska feedlots is up 2 percent over last year this month.

Nebraska is again the leading state in cattle feeding.

Three Omaha residents are suspected of raiding cattle under the cover of night from farm pens in western Iowa and northeast Nebraska, authorities said.

A judge has set a $3 million bond for a Grand Island man accused of fatally shooting a 34-year-old outside a meat-packing plant in south-central Nebraska.

A new U.S. Department of Agriculture report says the number of cattle in large Nebraska feedlots is up 4 percent compared to August of last year.

The average rental rates per month for cow-calf pairs are about 20 to 25 percent higher in 2014 compared to 2013 in Nebraska.

Breweries in Nebraska say a federal proposal would force them to stop giving spent grains to local farmers to use as cattle feed.