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Nebraska Corn Hosts Philippians Trade Team

Oct 23, 2025 / Jill Bookhout

October 23, 2025 LINCOLN, Neb. – Several Nebraska corn farmers hosted a trade team before the U.S. Grains and BioProducts Council’...

Washington Lawmakers react to imported beef announcement

Oct 23, 2025 / Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Today Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE) released the following statement calling on the Trump administration to advance policies wh...

NCTA Alumnus Ryan Dugdale Visits Ag Business Class

Oct 22, 2025 / Jennifer McConville, Ed.D

CURTIS, Neb. — The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture recently welcomed back alumnus Ryan Dugdale, who visited campus to speak w...

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Cross Canadian Ragweed and Turnpike Troubadours Head to Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska on August 22nd

Oct 22, 2025 / NU Athletics

October 22, 2025-And the stadium saga continues. Following a slew of sold-out stadium shows in 2025, and the nearly sold-out show (only a few hundr...

Photo caption: Joann Sweasy, PhD, director of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center and president of the American Association of Cancer Institutes

Dr. Sweasy to lead national effort tackling rural cancer as new AACI president

Oct 22, 2025 / John Keenan, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Joann Sweasy, PhD, director of the National Cancer Institute-designated Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, will begin her two-year term as pr...

Report Shows IANR Delivers $849 Million Annual Economic and Public Value, Strongly Supporting Nebraska’s No. 1 Industry

Oct 20, 2025 / Cara Pesek, Senior Communications Director,

LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 20 — A new preliminary economic impact analysis by national consulting firm Tripp Umbach finds that the Institute of Agri...

2025 Nebraska Wind & Solar Conference

Oct 19, 2025 / John Hansen NFU

The 18th Annual Nebraska Wind & Solar Conference will open Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at the Lincoln Marriott Cornhusker Hotel, bringing togeth...

CCC News Release: Humanities Nebraska Speaker to Appear in Grand Island

Oct 18, 2025 / Joni Ransom

(Grand Island, Neb.) – Historian Jeff Barnes will present a program “Custer in Nebraska: The ...

Ideological Demands Put Rural Healthcare at Risk

Oct 18, 2025 / By Rep. Adrian Smith

It is now nearly one month since the House passed its clean continuing resolution to keep open the federal government. On September 19, House Repub...

Nebraska Publishes Contract with ICE to use Work Ethic Camp as ICE Detention Facility

Oct 17, 2025 / Laura Strimple

LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen announced the state has published a contract with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to utili...

Building a ‘Charlie Kirk’ Legacy

Oct 17, 2025 / By Governor Jim Pillen October 17, 2025

This country is the greatest in the history of the world – free, strong, resilient, a land of unending opportunity. The American people are b...

PSC Excellence in Leadership recipients honored

Oct 17, 2025 / Jason McFarley Public Information/Education Officer Nebraska Public Service Commission

Lincoln, October 17, 2025 - The Nebraska Public Service Commission (PSC) is pleased to honor Carrie Gans, Assistant Director Telecommunication...

Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: The Bipartisan Shutdown Solution

Oct 17, 2025 / Pete Ricketts

We are into the third week of the Schumer Shutdown. It’s shameful that Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats are holding government fundin...

The Harlem Globetrotters 100 Year Tour Coming to Grand Island

Oct 17, 2025 / Spencer Schubert Communications Manager City of GI

Grand Island, Neb. — Leaders in breaking barriers and making history, the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters™ today announced that Grand...

Nebraska Cooperative Council Annual Meeting and Hall of Fame

Oct 17, 2025 / Deb Mazour Office Manager & Program Coordinator Nebraska Cooperative Council

KEARNEY, NE--The 80th Annual Meeting of the Nebraska Cooperative Council will be held on Wednesday, November 19th at the Younes Conference Center N...