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ELEMENTARY Fri., Nov. 15: Breakfast: Breakfast tornado, rosie applesauce.

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 2 Peter 1:20-21 KJV

Based on November 1 conditions, Nebraska’s 2024 corn crop is forecast at 1.88 billion bushels, up 9% from last year’s production, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. If realized, this would be a new record production. Area to be harvested for grain, at 9.70 million acres, is up 2% from a year ago. Yield is forecast at 194 bushels per acre, up 12 bushels from last year, and would tie the record yield high if realized.

There’s an old saying in conservation circles: “If you take care of the land, the land will take care of you.” Conservationists often trace this idea back to Hugh Hammond Bennett, the leader of the U.S. soil conservation movement in the 1920s and 1930s. Bennett saw soil erosion as a “national menace” and convinced Congress to take action. He also established a new federal agency to address the issue, which we now know as the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.47 million cattle on feed on October 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 2% from last year.

The Dark Island Trail is completed after its fourteen-year development. It took four years of discussing the project along with three years of negotiating for the trail to find its footing.