What is your carbon footprint?
Obviously, this is not what is meant by a carbon footprint. There has been a lot of discussion lately about carbon footprints and how businesses and individuals can be more environmentally sustainable in the way they go about things. It can be confusing to know how the choices we make impact that footprint or affect […]
Gene Editing: A Key to Tasty, Plentiful and Healthy Foods
With the new year upon us, I want to reflect on what I am hoping to see in the next decade. I want to challenge you to do the same! One thing I am hoping to see is more technology incorporated into our food production systems in ways that help us to provide solutions for […]
Was Great-Grandma’s Food More Nutritious?
How does the nutritional value of food today compare to the past? It’s pretty similar, actually. Do we really need to consume more foods than previous generations did to obtain adequate nutrients? No, but there’s a persistent myth in circulation that there’s a difference in nutritional value when comparing today’s food to food grown in […]
Caring for Dairy Cows in All Sorts of Weather
When winter arrives, we aren’t the only ones bundling up to stay warm. As a dairy farmer, I want you to know we pay special attention to the health of our baby calves during harsh weather to make sure they are protected sufficiently from the elements. Their bodies are still learning to adjust to the […]
Agriculture and the Environment
Talk: Agriculture is bad for the environment. Truth: Agriculture efficiently cleans up greenhouse gases and converts them into oxygen. Agriculture (livestock production specifically) has been incorrectly linked to causing high greenhouse gas emissions. Some have even recommended cutting back on meat consumption. It is certainly up to you. However, as a beef producer, I want […]
It’s Tailgate Season!
The center of the tailgating universe may or may not be in Nebraska, but in my opinion nobody does it better! If you’ve ever spent a Husker football game day anywhere near Lincoln’s Memorial Stadium, you’ve experienced the incredible energy of a crowd that knows how to tailgate in epic proportions. Maybe you’ve walked past […]
CommonGround Nebraska hosts second Banquet on the Farm event near Shelton
Nebraska CommonGround volunteers invited Nebraska Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) teachers to Shelton for their second Banquet on the Farm event. This hands-on learning experience allowed teachers to engage in conversations about the safety of modern agriculture. CommonGround volunteers are made up of volunteer farm women across the state who are passionate about helping consumers […]
Fear Not! The Milk You Drink Contains NO Antibiotics.
We just celebrated National Chocolate Chip Day, and I think we all know that the best way to eat a chocolate chip cookie is with an ice-cold glass of milk. Today, more people are interested in learning about where their food comes from and how it is produced. I often get questions about antibiotic use […]
Farming after the Flood
It’s there somewhere, isn’t it? … Maybe it’s gone…. We had a field there. Farmers, including my husband and I, have been asking and wondering about this or something similar since March 13, 2019. Fields that just last year produced crops, can’t be farmed. The crops grown on these fields, predominantly corn and soybeans provide […]
Farming: More Than a Summer Job
As temperatures slowly start to rise, the time has come for all Midwestern crop farmers to return from their extended vacations and get back to work. If only that were the case! Rather, farmers have been working all winter because America’s food production system doesn’t stop when there aren’t crops in the ground. So, what […]
