The City of Seneca was able to purchase the final tracts of land needed to complete Branch Street. They were able to acquire the five tracts of land from Seneca Motel owner Richard Ayres of Casper, WY for $17,700. The city plans to extend Branch Street a half mile from 11th Street to Community Drive plus build a connecting street ... Read More »
The Marysville City Council met Monday night. Several items were on the agenda, including the acceptance of the low bid put in by Vankirk Brothers for the waterline/water plant improvements project. The low bid was $304,439.70. Linda Swim spoke about LandMark purchasing the Depot and the City buying the land around the Depot. The city doesn’t want the depot because they don’t ... Read More »
Nebraska farmland prices have officially doubled since 2005. The average land value of land in Eastern Nebraska with center-pivot irrigation was 4,625 dollars per acre. The highest land value in Nebraska was also located in the eastern part of the state and brought 6,175 dollars per acre. The survey predicts a 15 percent to 25 percent jump in rental rates ... Read More »
The price of agricultural land is soaring in Kansas and other Midwestern states. A national brokerage for farm and ranch land called Farmers National Co. released a survey recently. It showed that non-irrigated crop land in central Kansas averaged $3,000 an acre, up 50 percent since June. Irrigated farmland in central Kansas was up 15 to 20 percent since June, ... Read More »
Livestock producers with Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality livestock waste control facility permits received or renewed since April 1998 must be certified. Land application training will be available January 27th or February 2nd at the Gage County Extension office in Beatrice. Pre-registration is required. For more information and to register contact Leslie Johnson, project coordinator, at 402-584-3818. Read More »
Hunting season is in full swing in north central Kansas with pheasant hunters and deer hunters seen regularly visiting the private property of landowners in the area. In this column I want to cover some of the landowner’s responsibility to others while on his or her property. In Kansas the answer depends upon the type of visitor; those being an ... Read More »
Farmers and ranchers have until close of business Aug. 27 to offer eligible land for CRP’s competitive general sign-up. Applications may be completed by land owners at their local FSA county office. CRP participants with existing contracts scheduled to expire on Sept. 30 may re-enroll under a new 10- to 15-year contract. Cropland that is highly erodible, within a Conservation ... Read More »
The Farm Service Agency is reporting that a general signup is anticipated in late summer in the 2010 Conservation Reserve Program. Consequently, producers with expiring CRP contracts may want to apply for the General Signup to determine whether the existing CRP can be re-enrolled. The FSA is also reporting that producers are inquiring about early land preparation on CRP ground ... Read More »
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