Dodge County Farmers Union

10/05/2024

We know everyone has been working hard to bring their crops in, but consider taking today off. Rural fire departments have already been busy fighting field fires this week. Take the day to spend time with your families and watch the Husker game, then get back to work after the extreme fire threat has passed. Go Big Red!

A combination of very low relative humidity and strong winds will bring very high to extreme fire weather conditions across much of eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa this afternoon and evening. Be sure to avoid outdoor burning (things such as bonfires), do not park vehicles in the grass, don't toss ci******es outside, and be careful with equipment that may spark while working outdoors.

04/11/2023

Join us at the Office Bar in Hooper Wednesday at 530 for our spring meeting. Cool off with a cold one after a hot April day. You don't have to be a member to attend.

02/20/2023

The Dodge County Farmers Union is holding its winter meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) at 530 at the Office in Hooper. All are welcome to attend, especially if you are interested in supporting family farms and rural communities.

02/18/2023

https://www.tsln.com/opinion/guest-opinions/jones-the-bigger-are-going-broke-r-in-the-beef-state/

My husband and I have been operating a cow/calf herd in central Nebraska for almost 25 years. I would consider us the last generation that was able to enter the industry and be able to...

02/15/2023

While the proponate of this legislation claims it is to protect farmers from animal rights activists, the rural residents who will lose their property rights due to LB 662 showed up in force to voice their displeasure.

Proposal to tighten up Nebraska's 'Right to Farm Act' panned as a 'solution in search of a problem,' and harmful to rural residents

12/12/2022

These are great people who do great work!

12/07/2022

Perhaps their explanation of 'that water was polluted by other industrial agriculture activities before it got to us' should tell you all you need to know.

More study needs to be done but a clear trend is emerging.

This all reinforces the need to invest in soil health practices that help to keep nutrients where they are applied and out of surface and ground water.

Report suggests that litter from chicken barns supplying Costco plant is increasing contaminants in Nebraska streams.

12/04/2022

Tomorrow is world soil day. The more you know...

Tomorrow is World Soil Day! Did you know soil is an important climate solution? Putting carbon back in the ground is one of the least expensive ways of getting that carbon out of the atmosphere. Plus, returning carbon to the soil can increase biodiversity, strengthen local economies, reduce flooding, and make our food system more resilient.

Celebrate soil tomorrow!

04/07/2022

"For Nebraska farmers and ranchers, right to repair is a financial, competition and fairness issue. That is why Nebraska Farmers Union and other farm and commodity organizations support Sen. Tom Brandt’s “right to repair” reforms in his priority bill, LB 543. His bill would provide farmers and independent repair shops with the software repair tools and other parts they need to fix farm equipment when it breaks. LB 543 is a commonsense way to solve this long-standing problem."

https://omaha.com/opinion/columnists/midland-voices-for-farmers-sake-pass-right-to-repair/article_9b966ea0-b5c0-11ec-a52e-bb48d536af4f.html

03/21/2022

John Hansen of Nebraska Farmers Union also spoke in favor of the bill. He said the state’s farmers and ranchers have a vested interest in preparing “for a changing future that has already arrived.”

Several environmental groups, the state climatologist and one farm group call on state legislators to update a 2014 state climate study.

03/15/2022

https://fremonttribune.com/agriculture/tonnies-of-north-bend-attends-national-farmers-union-convention/article_04a9e207-6f3c-5ebb-982e-b88706cfc92b.html

Twelve Nebraska Farmers Union (NeFU) members attended the National Farmers Union (NFU) Convention Feb. 27 to March 1 in Denver, Colorado.

03/14/2022

A large commercial flock of egg-laying chickens in southwest Iowa is the third to be infected by highly pathogenic avian influenza.