The level of nitrate and other elements associated with negative health outcomes are rising in the soil in the Hastings Wellhead Protection Area, according to a study from Dr. Dan Snow, research...

Interseeder Research Collaboration Makes Cover Crops Accessible for Local Producers On a hot, dry, and extremely windy day in early June, Neal Hentzen surveys the dryland field on the edge of Seward...

Rodney Verhoeff joined the staff in June as the new assistant general manager. Verhoeff’s resume is impressive, listing more than 15 years of project and program management in government, corporate...

Expanding agricultural and environmental education opportunities for the next generation of district residents is important to the board of the Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District. That’s why...

In the event of groundwater use allocation, the NRD’s Rule 5 allows pooling of irrigated acres. Pooling is a process that combines irrigated acres from multiple fields, based on a common well, owner...

Operators within a management zone that has been designated a Phase III Management Zone must have their irrigation water tested for nitrates at least once every three years. Presently, Zone 5 is the...