Fridays in the Field

Fridays in the Field

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  • Flower Farm Prepares for Summer Farmers' Markets | Fridays in the Field

    With summer approaching quickly, West Mill Flowers near Raymond, Nebraska, is preparing their flower crop for the farmers' market season.

    At the Lincoln Farmers' Market, owner Becca Monroe said attendees can find Betty White the School Bus filled with buckets of cut flowers from their farm. Cust...

  • Extreme Drought Causes Tight Hay Supply in Nebraska | Fridays in the Field

    Extreme drought has made for a tight hay supply, and SR Farms Alfalfa Company in southwest Nebraska is doing everything they can to get quality hay to customers.

    SR Farms is a family owned and operated business nestled in the Beaver Valley near Wilsonville.

    Owner Steve Rice said he strives to ...

  • Legacy of 150-Year Nebraska Family Farm Defies Inheritance Norms | Rural Radio

    For 150 years, the Batie family has defied the traditional norms of farm inheritance.

    "We don't do the traditional 'oldest son gets the farm,'" said Don Batie. "Our motto has always been whoever wants to farm is the one who should be farming."

    This philosophy has shaped the Batie family farm fo...

  • Nebraska Farmer Prepares to Plant Pinto Beans | Fridays in the Field | Ep. 3

    Glenn Miller stays busy on his operation, raising cattle, corn, dry edible beans, alfalfa, and winter wheat.

    Miller, who farms in Sioux County in Nebraska, shares how he balances his time among those commodities.

    He said he'll plant pinto beans in a few weeks and, thanks to recent rains, be ab...

  • Fast planting progress in Northeast Nebraska | Fridays in the Field | Ep. 2

    The limited rain has allowed Pender-area farmer Jeff Baker to complete soybean planting already, and he has a healthy chunk of corn planting done as well.

    Baker has a very curious mind when it comes to agronomy, so he conducts his own trials. His research trials range from genetics, fertilizer...

  • Precision Ag Brings Benefits to Farm Family | Fridays in the Field | Ep. 1

    Join us for the first 2023 episode of Fridays in the Field and meet Randy Smith, a farmer from Shelby, Nebraska, who has begun using precision technology on his fields.

    Randy's dad, Ron, even jokes about his old-school farming methods.

    Despite using technology to improve production, the dry fa...