Insights and Stories on Nebraska

Livestock, pets among victims in U.S. Midwest flooding

Mar. 19, 2019 at 7:21 pm CDT

Reuters — The floods that have devastated large swaths of Nebraska and Iowa since late last week left house pets homeless, inflicted an unknown toll on livestock and led to several daring water rescues of animals from dogs to horses. Rescuers in the Omaha area, where the Platte, Elkhorn and […]

U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit contract highs on weather woes

Mar. 19, 2019 at 7:03 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat drift lower on weak export demand

Mar. 19, 2019 at 6:03 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. Midwest’s catastrophic floods cause widespread damage

Mar. 19, 2019 at 5:12 pm CDT

By Karen Dillon

U.S. farm belt slammed by floods, heavy snow from bomb cyclone

Mar. 18, 2019 at 5:56 am CDT

By Karl Plume

Costco plans chicken plant in Nebraska

Apr. 18, 2016 at 6:03 pm CDT

Reuters — Costco Wholesale Corp. is considering building a poultry-processing plant in Nebraska, according to a local development council, a move that would give the retailer tighter control over its chicken supplies. The facility, if built in Nebraska’s Dodge County, would create 1,100 jobs, work with local chicken farmers and […]

By Michael Hirtzer Nathan Layne

Bird flu outbreak hits Nebraska

May. 12, 2015 at 6:23 pm CDT

Reuters — The fast-spreading avian flu virus was confirmed for the first time in Nebraska, at a commercial egg-laying farm that housed a flock of 1.7 million chickens, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday. The case in Dixon County, Nebraska, brings the number of states affected by the […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

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