As the combine gobbled soybean plants in a Buffalo County field north of Amherst on a summer-like October afternoon, beans went into its bin and dry pods, stems and leaves scattered out the back.
Justin (left) and Tanner Taubenheim think the work ethic they learned as farm kids and 4-H cattle exhibitors helped them win wrestling championships at Amherst High School — and now help them be better farmers.
Alec Ibach checks a corn test plot next to an office/warehouse building near Miller that is headquarters for Apache Ag, the business he and partner Nate Hartman started in 2018. Alec also co-manages his family’s farm near Sumner with his dad, Greg Ibach.
Today’s farm technologies include combine cab screens, like the one behind Justin Taubenheim, featuring field maps and yield data. High quality broadband Internet is vital for such technologies. It will also help young people to apply for rural Nebraska jobs, they say.
For this in-depth project examining the impact of climate change on Nebraska, the College of Journalism and Mass Communications opened the rigorous application process to all students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In the end, 20 students drawn from seven different colleges representing 13 different majors were selected for the yearlong project. Students enrolled in the spring semester focused primarily on problems associated with climate change – including its impact on Nebraska’s agriculture, livestock, wildlife, public health, waterways, national defense and religions. Students in the fall 2020 semester will focus primarily on a range of potential solutions to a variety of climate change issues – including renewable energy sources, sustainability initiatives, no-till farming, carbon sequestration, nuclear fusion and stronger environmental laws.
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Alec Ibach checks a corn test plot next to an office/warehouse building near Miller that is headquarters for Apache Ag, the business he and partner Nate Hartman started in 2018. Alec also co-manages his family’s farm near Sumner with his dad, Greg Ibach.
Justin (left) and Tanner Taubenheim think the work ethic they learned as farm kids and 4-H cattle exhibitors helped them win wrestling championships at Amherst High School — and now help them be better farmers.
Today’s farm technologies include combine cab screens, like the one behind Justin Taubenheim, featuring field maps and yield data. High quality broadband Internet is vital for such technologies. It will also help young people to apply for rural Nebraska jobs, they say.
