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Central City’s 16th Annual Fly-in Breakfast offered plenty of sights, sounds and hotcakes for all. Central City’s David Enevoldsen boosts six-year-old son Dillon so he can see in the cockpit of a small plane at the event.

In the Northern Plains Region (Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota) there were 37,000 workers hired directly by farm operators on farms and ranches during the week of April 7-13, 2024, unchanged from the April 2023 reference week, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Workers numbered 30,000 during the week of January 7-13, 2024, down 9% from the January 2023 reference week.

Through the Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP), USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will cover up to 75% of organic certification costs at a maximum of $750 per certification category. FSA is now accepting applications, and organic producers and handlers should apply for OCCSP by the Oct. 31, 2024, deadline for eligible expenses incurred from Oct. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2024. FSA will issue payments as applications are received and approved.

In Nebraska and across the Midwest, the combination of higher temperatures and rising humidity is making outdoor workers more susceptible to heat-related illnesses. Agricultural workers are among the most vulnerable.

Taryn Wagner of Archer, NE, was named to the University of Sioux Falls Spring 2024 Dean’s List. Wagner is majoring in Nursing.

Hastings College has announced the Dean’s List for its spring 2024 semester. For the semester, 351 students from 20 states and 11 countries were named to the Dean’s List.

Nebraska Wesleyan University has announced its 2024 spring semester academic honors list for students enrolled in traditional and adult undergraduate programs. Traditional undergraduates Students earning at least a 3.75 grade point average (on a 4.00 scale) while completing a full-time course load of at least 12 credit hours of graded work (pass/ fail courses are not included) are eligible.