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CSA farms offer a share of the harvest Operation in Raymond prepares for new season providing customers a regular bounty of produce By JANICE PODSADA World-Herald News Service
RAYMOND — The operators of the Darlin’ Reds farm in Raymond last year found themselves with a little money in the bank at the end of their first season as a Community Supported Agriculture, or CSA, farm. There was just one problem: Business partners Erin Frank and Margaret Milligan didn’t factor in their labor. “We didn’t pay ourselves,” Frank said. Frank, who grew up on a farm and ranch near Long Pine, and Milligan, a “city girl” who grew up in Lincoln, launched their CSA farm last year and sold 40 full and half CSA shares. CSA customers typically buy “shares” in the farm’s harvest before the growing season and then pick up weekly portions of the harvest. Many local grocery stores, including HyVee and Whole Foods, carry and label lo-
cally-grown fruits, flowers, herbs and vegetables, and the Omaha area has a number of farmers markets each summer. But some consumers prefer to pick up a weekly CSA share from a local Nebraska or Iowa farmer. The Darlin’ Reds business partners met while working and volunteering at Community Crops in Lincoln, a nonprofit that operates a training farm. Frank and Milligan farm a twoacre tract owned by Branched Oak Farm. “We help care for their dairy cows,” Frank said. “In exchange, they let us use their land for our CSA.” And the name of their CSA, well, that comes from the fact that Frank and Milligan both have red hair. Both Frank and Milligan have fulltime jobs outside the farm. (Frank is a community organizer for the Center for Rural Affairs, and Milligan works at a coffee shop.) And providing CSA shareholders in
Lincoln and Omaha with 20 weekly boxes of straight-off-the-farm vegetables and fruits is another full-time job. The influx of money at the start of the season as customers buy shares helps with the farmers’ cash flow and allows consumers to get to know “their” farm and “learn more about how food is grown,” according to LocalHarvest. org, a nonprofit group that tracks CSA farms across the country. The CSA money at the start of the season “is huge,” said Kevin Loth, who operates Shadowbrook Farm in Lincoln with his wife, Charuth Van Beuzekom. “It keeps our goats fed and fat. It’s an opportunity to buy seed and have a successful year without having to go to the bank. Essentially our shareholders are our bankers, but the risk is diversified,” Loth said. The couple operate a “market-style CSA,” offering a debit-cardtype system that allows customers to invest as
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Erin Frank inspects seedlings on March 17 at The Darlin’ Reds, a small CSA farm in Raymond. little as $50 or as much as $1,000. Shareholders can use their “debit cards” to choose what products they want to put in their basket. All of Shadowbrook Farm’s pickups are at
local farmers markets or on the farm. Loth said his CSA farm is profitable. Consumers who opt to participate in a more traditional CSA, with the farmer choos-
ing what goes into the weekly share, may be disappointed if they have their heart set on delivery of a certain fruit or vegetable.
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“You’re signing up to be part of the farm,” Frank said. “If something happens to our napa cabbage crop, you might not get all you want, or if we have a really good crop, you’ll get lots.” Full shares that can feed from two to four people can cost about $200 or more, depending on the contents of the weekly share and the length of the program, which usually ranges from 12 weeks to 20 weeks. Most CSA programs begin in May or June. CSAs got their start in the mid-1980s in Massachusetts and New
Hampshire. Consumers provided “pre-plant payment and/or farm labor in return for a share of the harvest,” according to a recent study of 205 CSA farms by the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture. CSAs have expanded in popularity with the growth of farmers markets, organic foods and the locavore movement, the report said. About 48 percent of CSA farms had been in operation for four to six or more years. Each CSA had on average about 75 members, the report said. There are at least 29 CSA farms in Nebraska, according to LocalHarvest.org. Nearly five years ago, husband and wife
Charles and Laurie Kay made a “leap of faith,” and signed up for a CSA share. “A friend knew we like farmers markets and said we would love a CSA,” said Laurie Kay, an Omaha photographer and mother of two children, Evie, 12, and Miles, 14. “The first year we signed up, we didn’t know what we were getting into.” Less adventuresome eaters may not be good candidates for CSA shares. “It forces you to try new things,” Kay said. “We started getting things in our box I knew nothing about. What do you do with kohlrabi? What do you do with turnips? I had never eaten a turnip in
my life.” But the surprise offerings that showed up weekly in the CSA box expanded the family’s palate. The parents enacted the three-bite rule. “You have to take at least three bites before you decide you don’t like it,” Kay said. “As a parent, you have to be the one to introduce your kids to healthy foods.” Kay consults the Internet, friends, farmers and family for recipes. Last year, the couple bought a full CSA share from the Darlin’ Reds, and this year they plan to do the same. A full share costs $500; half shares, $300. “They had melons. Not everyone has fruit,” Kay said, explaining her choice. Kay and her husband also enjoy the Darlin’ Reds’ add-ons, includ-
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Ducks take a drink of water at The Darlin’ Reds, a small CSA farm in Raymond. ing eggs, cheese and beef, which will cost extra this year. The beef comes from Schoenberg Farm in Long Pine and the milk and cheese from Branched Oak Farm in Raymond. When Laurie Kay visits the grocery store,
she often comparison-shops the produce aisle, checking out the store’s offerings with what the family receives in its weekly CSA share. “We really feel we’re getting our money’s
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Water regulation hearing stirs up a lot of interest Sen. Lathrop’s proposal seeks to put more teeth in laws to prevent depletion of aquifer, river flows By PAUL HAMMEL World-Herald News Service
LINCOLN — An Omaha lawmaker’s foray into the typically rural domain of state water regulations drew a full house March 18 to a legislative hearing room. State Sen. Steve Lathrop said Nebraska needs to put more teeth in laws that seek to prevent the depletion of underground aquifers and river flows due to irrigation. A parade of opposiSteve tion came Lathrop from representatives of the state’s natural resources districts, which now regulate water use in their rural areas. But it appears Lathrop’s proposal still has a fighting chance. The fate of Legislative Bill 1074 may be the key to whether lawmakers approve an additional $31 million in funding for water sustainability projects during the last weeks of the 2014 ses-
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—Steve L athrop, Nebraska state senator, about regulation of water use from irrigation
sion. Lathrop said it doesn’t make sense to provide more funding until the Legislature makes sure water resources are not being sucked dry. “I don’t think we should be spending more money until we have policies in place to make sure we are using water in a sustainable fashion,” Lathrop said in a recent interview. Water law has always been a controversial topic in Nebraska. Irrigation is a driving force in the state’s No. 1 industry, agriculture. Please see WATER, Page D8
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worth,” Kay said. “My husband and I are both into the local food movement. Even if we’re paying a little more than at the store ... it’s so worth it. A few weeks ago in Lincoln, Open Harvest, a cooperative grocery store, held a three-hour CSA Fair in the parking lot, said Amy Tabor, the store’s outreach coordinator. Ten CSA farms participated in the event, which allowed potential customers to meet the farmers and find out what would be included in their shares. Many farmers, in addition to fruits and vegetables, offer herbs, flowers and, increasingly, milk, broilers and grass-fed beef in their shares. In fact, one CSA, Robinette Farms in Martell, Neb., includes gelato, Italian ice cream, in its shares, Tabor said. More than 200 people visited the fair and “shopped” for the CSA
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Pigs hanging out at The Darlin’ Reds, a small CSA farm in Raymond on March 17. farm of their choice, resulting in more than 40 signups. “They vary in price. They vary in length and how you get your box — some deliver, some have pickup points,” Tabor said. “This was a good
chance for everyone to connect.” This week, the Darlin’ Reds began seeding the ground with arugula, carrots, spinach, peas and radishes. The partners this year hope to double the number of
shareholders and cut themselves a check. “We absolutely hope to pay ourselves this year,” Frank said. “We know it wasn’t sustainable like it was in year one.”
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The prospect of restricting or shutting off center-pivot systems — which irrigate about nine times more acres than ditch irrigation — sends an alarm through rural areas due to the prospect of decreased farm revenue. Lathrop, an attorney who has been involved in some of the Legislature’s biggest issues during his eight years in office, said recent studies have concluded Nebraska is depleting its water resources. Lawmakers, he said, need to do more to prevent the state from becoming like Texas, where aqui-
fers have been sucked dry. So Lathrop has declared the water bill his priority and is wading into a fight usually reserved for lawmakers from farm country. “I don’t raise corn, and I don’t irrigate,” Lathrop said. “But water is probably our greatest natural resource in the state, and I believe we need to ensure, with good state policy, the sustainability of that resource.” The Legislature’s Natural Resources Committee held the special public hearing on a new amendment Lathrop proposed to LB 1074. Such hearings are required when an amendment makes substantial
changes to a bill that has already undergone a public hearing. Under the proposed amendment, the bill would require natural resources districts to work with each other and water users to develop basin-wide plans to sustain water resources in every river basin in the state — from the Platte, Blue and Elkhorn to the Republican, Loup and Niobrara. Currently, an NRD manages water use only within its own district, which represents only a portion of an entire river basin. Lathrop said that while some NRDs have taken appropriate steps to sustain groundwater levels and river flows, others have not. If the NRDs cannot devise
a basin-wide solution, the state would step in under LB 1074, but only after 30 years. Some surface water irrigators, who draw water from rivers, testified in support of LB 1074. They said the bill would provide a balance with water allocated to center-pivot irrigators, who draw water from aquifers. Farmer Dale Helms of Holbrook said he lost $130,000 in crop revenue last year due to deep cuts in water allowed for ditch irrigators in the Republican River valley. “I can’t survive another two or three years of that,” Helms said. However, representatives of several NRDs said the Lathrop mea-
sure was unnecessary, a threat to local control and needed more study. “We like the current law just like it is,” said John Turnbull, general manager of the Upper Big Blue NRD, headquartered in York. He and several other NRD executives said the “one-sizefits-all” approach in LB 1074 would not work and that it gives preference to surface water irrigation, when groundwater irrigation is much more efficient. Representatives of the Nebraska Farm Bureau and Nebraska Corn Growers also opposed the bill. A lobbyist for the Nebraska Water Resources Association said Lathrop’s amendment came too late
in the 60-day session. It’s a complicated subject, said lobbyist Amy Prenda, and needs more study. After the hearing, Sen. Tom Carlson of Holdrege, who heads the Natural Resources Committee, said he planned to get more information from Lathrop and NRD officials before the committee votes on whether to advance the bill to the full Legislature. Carlson, a Republican candidate for governor, said he agrees that current water use in some areas is not sustainable, but he wants to see if the opposing parties can agree on a bill. He said it isn’t too late in the session to address the issue.
Family, farming and managing 2 careers Norfolk couple balances jobs and community involvment, along with raising their 4 children By MARY PAT HOAG World-Herald News Service
MEADOW GROVE — “How do you guys do it?” That’s a question often asked of Chad Korth and his wife, Tara BuellKorth, upon learning they not only have four young children but also farm south of Meadow Grove and hold down full-time jobs in Norfolk located 23 miles away. In addition, the couple — who have been married for 11 years — has generously given of their time and talents to various organizations. For example, both are active with the Norfolk Area Chamber of Commerce. Buell-Korth served on its board for eight years and was its 2011-12 chairwoman.
Korth is a past chairman of the chamber’s legislative committee. How do they do it? Buell-Korth’s quick response: “Scheduling and calendars are very important.” She also credits cellphones and day planners with keeping the family on track. Korth said, “We’ll make it work. We’re goers. We want to be involved, and we want to grow not only with our community but with our jobs. “We want to show our kids they can be anything they want. The sky’s the limit. Nothing can hold them back.” Korth said, “We’re not the typical 9-to-5 people. After our jobs in town, we have full-time jobs on the farm.” While he said that “working in
town is great,” the farm is where they want to raise their children, especially since both appreciate their rural roots. He grew up southeast of Battle Creek where his parents, Allen and Lucille Korth, still live and farm. Korth, who stands 6 feet, 6 inches tall, was in track, basketball and FFA at Battle Creek High School. Family members have been on the farm since the 1930s. His children represent the fourth generation on the farm. The 1986 graduate purchased a home in Battle Creek at age 19 and farmed with his parents. Korth said he learned his strong work Please see CAREER, Page D10
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ethic from his parents and his grandparents. Korth said he had career aspirations as a farmer, “but it takes so much money to start farming (on one’s own).” Consequently, 15 years ago, at age 30, he began employment with the Nebraska Central Railroad. “I went in trying to learn everything,” Korth said. “I’ve done so many different jobs,” including conductor, engineer, locomotive mechanic, and safety and training officer. The past year, he has been involved with marketing and community relations. Korth touts the railroad industry. “With railroads, there is no large source of economic development.
Railroads are the fabric that holds our communities together.” His wife, the daughter of Homer and Darla Buell, grew up on the Shovel Dot Ranch southwest of Rose in Loup County. The North Central Nebraska ranch was founded in 1883, with Chad and Tara’s children representing the sixth generation to be involved in agriculture. As a youth, BuellKorth said she was involved with 4-H, Girl Scouts and the Nebraska Junior Hereford Association for several years, giving her her “first taste of leadership.” Buell-Korth graduated from Loup County Public High School in Taylor in 1990, and the University of NebraskaLincoln with a teaching degree in elementary education.
She was then employed by the Nebraska Farm Bureau for two years and then joined US Bank in Omaha where she worked in its commercial agricultural lending division for five years before relocating to Norfolk. Now in her 16th year with US Bank, Buell-Korth is a vice president and is a commercial ag and business lender. The couple met at a dance at the Big Burwell Rodeo in July 2000. The dance had nearly wound down when he asked her to dance about midnight. The couple dated long distance. She was in Omaha; he was based in Columbus. They married in May 2002. Theirs was the first wedding in the ballroom at the Divots Conference Center. The couple purchased the acreage where they
now live in 2008, and were able to purchase the remaining 148 acres a couple of years later. The family lived in Norfolk, but the farm was their “second home” until moving to the farm a couple of years ago. “We were spending all of our time out here,” she said. In addition to their 160-acre farm, Korth rents160 acres from his parents and assists his father in farming his ground. Their children — Tristan, 11; Cameron, 8; Gavin, 7; and Ali, 4 — attend Christ Lutheran School in Norfolk. The family are members of Christ Lutheran Church. Buell-Korth’s involvement with the chamber of commerce “started because of my job and wanting to know people. I like being involved with the community and helping my community grow and develop so it’s better for our children.” Buell-Korth said her term as the chamber’s chairwoman was both challenging and re-
warding. She said she saw “a strengthened relationship between the city and the chamber of commerce,” as well as completion of a new chamber building on Norfolk Avenue. While living in Norfolk, Korth ran for the city council but lost. He said he made the bid for office because “I can make a difference. That’s why I ran. Just like Tara, we can help.” The couple are active with Farm Bureau on the county and state levels. Korth served two terms as the Madison County Farm Bureau president. He is also a member of the Nebraska Diplomats and previously served on the Christ Lutheran School board and the Norfolk Area Resource Team for economic development. Buell-Korth has been on the Madison County Farm Bureau board of directors for six years and is on the Vehicle Parking District Board in Norfolk. Korth said that he and his wife have “so many good leaders in the gen-
erations before us. We have to step up to the plate and be the leaders we want our children to look up to.” What does it take to be a successful leader? Those attributes, the couple said, include dedication, honesty, forthrightness and integrity, as well as being good listeners and knowing how to work well with others. The couple said, “We are small farmers but big supporters of our local community. We believe in our rural communities and want them to prosper for opportunities for our kids and generations to come.” Korth said that he and his wife “have been given opportunities to spread our wings and grow. We hate to be stagnant. We’re always looking for new opportunities, to expand our horizons and the people we know.” While all five family members seem to be always on the go, Buell-Korth said she “wouldn’t trade it for the world.”
Merits of urban chickens presented to G.I. City Council Despite citizens speaking out in favor of allowing increased numbers, officials are against proposal By TRACY OVERSTREET World-Herald News Service
GRAND ISLAND — Chicken enthusiasts flocked to the Grand Island City Council study session March 18 night to share the merits of backyard coops in city limits, but the two-hour discussion didn’t seem to convince the majority of the city council members to increase the number of allowed chickens from four to eight. The council was only listening to the debate March 18 night. A formal vote on all proposed animal code changes is set for a 7 p.m. meeting March 25. “We need to be able to embrace agriculture and grow it,” Malori Marotz, of Grand Island, said of
why more urban chicken raising should be allowed in city limits in ag-based Nebraska. Not only does urban chicken raising provide nutritious egg production, but chickens can also consume kitchen waste and reduce household garbage, they provide good garden fertilizer and can provide a level of self-sufficiency for residents in the event of an emergency, said Kathy Nabity. Many of the most populated U.S. cities, including Los Angeles, Chicago, San Antonio and Indianapolis, allow urban chicken production, as well, Nabity said. Her own son would like to raise a chicken as part of a Boy Scout project, she said. Others would like to raise them
for 4-H projects. Raising the birds can “teach responsibility to kids” and show kids that they don’t have to buy everything they need, said Hope Nelsen, who asked for the opportunity to share that learning experience with her children. Cathy Harris said she homeschools her children and had two chickens and two ducks before realizing her property wasn’t properly sized for the birds. The birds, some of which are like pets, had to be relocated. “We’d like to be able to bring them home,” she told the council. Current city code allows four chicken hens on a one-acre property, but Please see URBAN, Page D12
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A proposal brought to the Grand Island City Council to increase the number of chickens, such as the this bird at The Darlin’ Reds CSA farm in Raymond, allowed within city limits will be voted on at a meeting on March 25. The council members have indicated they are not in favor of the ordinance.
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few city properties are an acre in size. Veterinarian Missy Girard-Lemons, a member of the city’s Animal Advisory Board, and Assistant Grand Island City Attorney Stacy Nonhof said the one-acre rule raises questions and leaves animal control officers having to calculate lot sizes. To take the ambiguity out of the matter, the Animal Advisory Board proposed to allow up to eight chicken hens on any size residential property. But Councilwoman Peg Gilbert said eight is too many — particularly on smaller lots. She
wouldn’t want to live next to that many chickens and doubts many others would either. As a nurse, Gilbert said she researched the Centers for Disease Control guidelines and found that children under the age of 5 are recommended to have no contact with chickens due to the threat of salmonella. Bird flu has also made it into the United States and raising backyard chickens could pose a public health risk, especially when raised in small areas near lots of people, she said. “These are farm animals that should be on a farm,” Gilbert said. Permit or no, Councilman Mike
Paulick said the proposed changes are ambiguous. He challenged another proposed code change that would reduce the number of birds on a residential property from the currently allowed 64 to 30. While that change is more geared for pigeons, parrots, canaries and those more familiar pet bird varieties, it didn’t appear to specifically rule out other types of poultry-related birds such as turkeys or guinea fowl, he said. He pointed to another section of city code that allows one cow, one mule, one donkey or one llama on a half-acre city property. “I’d rather have four chickens, than one cow,”
UNL report outlines potential for livestock expansion in the state Assessment refers to unique mix of ag industries that have served Nebraska well World-Herald News Service
LINCOLN — A new report from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln outlines the potential for expansion of the state’s livestock industry. “We all know that livestock is big business in Nebraska,” said Ronnie Green, vice president of agriculture and natural resources for the University of Nebraska. “Clearly there are opportunities to expand the industry to ensure further economic success in our state.” Greg Ibach, director of the Nebraska Department of Agriculture, welcomed
the report. “The report outlines exciting rural development opportunities through the livestock sector,” he said. “But it also outlines the critical role local community leaders and public policy makers still have in helping Nebraska achieve its full potential.” The 24-page report, prepared by faculty in the University of NebraskaLincoln’s agricultural economics department, notes that the “Nebraska advantage,” a reference to the state’s unique mix of crop, livestock and biofuel production, has served the state well. However, the report
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notes, in some respects Nebraska’s livestock industry has fallen behind those in other states. The report, prepared in collaboration with the Nebraska Department of Agriculture, outlines potential expansion scenarios in beef cattle, dairy cattle, pork and poultry. It outlines potential obstacles and benefits. The report concludes: “At this juncture it would appear that the livestock component of this unique system has considerable potential for further expansion. In fact, the long-term economic sustainability of
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NORFOLK — A merger could be on the horizon for two Nebraska-based ag cooperatives. Boards of directors at Central Valley Ag Cooperatives (CVA) and United Farmers Cooperative (UFC) have approved and entered into a letter of intent to finalize an agreement and plan of merger. If approved by members and stockholders, the agreement would result in the merger of two cooperatives into one entity. The action follows months of study and preparations. “The merger of CVA and UFC is a tremendous opportunity to position two financially strong cooperatives to meet the needs of our patrons for many years to come,” said Dave Beckman, board chairman for Central Valley Ag. “Agriculture continues to change and evolve at a rapid pace, which, in turn, requires our cooperatives to have the vision to change and expand our abilities to compete in a global market place for the benefit of our membership.” Doug Moon, board chairman for United Farmers Cooperative
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the total crop/livestock/ biofuel system and its ability to thrive in the future may hinge upon such expansion as global demand for food products, especially protein-based products, rises. The market forces, both domestic and global, are
said the merger is the right move for both cooperatives. “It will allow us to better serve our customer’s needs today and remain relevant as we explore new opportunities to create additional value,” Moon said. United Farmers Coop serves patrons in 22 counties in Nebraska and Kansas from 32 locations by a team of more than 235 full-time employees. Central Valley Ag has a team of 494 employees to provide grain, agronomy and feed services to customers at 34 locations throughout 27 counties in Nebraska. Doug Derscheid, chief executive officer of Central Valley Ag, said meeting and exceeding customer expectations would be just one benefit of the merger. “Successful companies continually reinvent themselves to keep current with an ever-changing market place and the changing needs of their customers. Cooperatives should be no different,” Derscheid said. “This combination will drive our quest to be of the size and scale to compete in the global market place for the benefit of our member-owners.”
well positioned to allow investment in and expansion of this state’s animal industry in the coming decade.” Green said, “As the state’s land-grant university, we are hoping to use this report as a way to start a statewide conversation about this potential, understanding that all Nebraska citizens have a stake in this matter.”
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Nebraska Farm Bureau offers farm bill guidance LINCOLN (AP) — The Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation has prepared a list to help Nebraska farmers navigate changes wrought by the recently passed farm bill in Washington.
The list is titled the “Top 10 Things to Know About the 2014 Farm Bill.” Farm Bureau President Steve Nelson says the list “provides a baseline of information to help [farmers] get started.” The bureau says a critical component of the new bill for Nebraska farmers and
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ranchers is the retroactive extension of numerous livestock disaster programs. Livestock disaster signup begins April 15. The bureau has developed a 2014 Farm Bill Breakdown web offering that includes a way to submit farm bill questions. The website address is www. nefb.org .
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Annual drought symposium set for next month LINCOLN (AP) — The University of Nebraska’s Center for Great Plains Studies has scheduled its 40th annual symposium on drought. The event is scheduled for April 1-4 at the Nebraska Union. The title this year is “Drought in the Life, Cultures and Landscapes of the Great Plains.” More than 40 speakers will share their expertise and perspectives. Topics include agriculture and livestock
impacts, Dust Bowl history, drought in literature and art, climate extremes and human health effects. For registration and more information, go online at bit.ly/1fGqqAJ .
Ak-Sar-Ben Friends to award communities OMAHA — AkSar-Ben Friends has announced that applications are now available for 2014 Community Grants. These matching-fund grants are to be used by any non-prof-
it organization in Nebraska and Western Iowa requiring financial assistance to complete community improvement projects. Ak-Sar-Ben Friends will disburse community grants for up to $1,000 per project. Applications can be found at www.aksarben.org or by contacting Kara Weiler at weilerk@ aksarben.org or 402-5549600, Ext.100. Completed proposals should be submitted to: Ak-Sar-Ben Friends Community Grants, 8707 W. Center Road, Suite. 101, Omaha, NE 68124 no later than May 1.
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to post on state board Peterson will complete 3 years remaining on current term of Stuart, who died in Feburary By JOE DUGGAN World-Herald News Service
LINCOLN — Gov. Dave Heineman has appointed an Osceola pork producer to the Nebraska Environmental Trust board of directors. Kevin Peterson will complete the three years remaining on the term of board member James Stuart Jr., 70, of Lincoln, who died last month. His appointment must be confirmed by the Legislature’s Natural Resources Committee
and the full Legislature. The 14-member trust board distributes nearly half of state lottery proceeds for environmental projects through a competitive grants process. Last year, the trust approved 134 projects for a total of $24.2 million in funding. Peterson, 35, raises swine and crops on a farm he operates near Osceola. He serves on the board of the Nebraska Pork Producers and was a board member for the
Nebraska Farm Bureau from 2007 to 2013. He also is active in the Polk County 4-H and the Osceola FFA Alumni. He has an associate degree in diversified agriculture from Southeast Community College in Beatrice. He is married and has three children. “I’m excited to join the trust board and have the opportunity to work together with conservation and ag interests in the best interests of the state,” Peterson said in press release. Stuart, a former bank executive who was a voice for wildlife conservation on the trust board, died Feb. 20 at his winter home in Arizona.
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Nebraska Corn Board vacancies to be filled LINCOLN — Notice is hereby given that the terms for three members of the Nebraska Corn Development, Utilization and Marketing Board will expire June 21. The members represent Districts 2, 3, and At-Large. n District No. 2 Includes the counties of Adams, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin,
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Webster, Nuckolls, and Thayer. (Note: Mark Jagels, current Dist. 2 director, will not pursue re-appointment.) n District No. 3 Includes the counties of Merrick, Polk, Hamilton, and York. (Note: Curt Friesen, current Dist. 3 director, hwill not pursue re-appointment.) n At-Large At-Large District includes all counties in Nebraska. (Note: Alan Tiemann, the current At-Large Dist. director, will pursue re-election.)
Appointments to the board for Districts 2 and 3 are made by the governor. Appointment to the board for the At-Large District is made by the board. Qualified candidates include those individuals who are citizens of Nebraska, are at least 21 years old, have been actively engaged in growing corn in Nebraska for a period of five years, and derive a substantial portion of their income
from growing corn. Petitions may be obtained by writing the Nebraska Corn Board, P.O. Box 95107, Lincoln, NE 68509-5107 or by calling 1-800-632-6761 or email janet.miller@nebraska.gov. A candidacy petition must carry the signatures of at least 50 corn producers from that district. All petitions must be received by the Corn Board no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, May 16. Faxed copies do not qualify.
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control our own destiny,” said Lucia McGovern, deputy director of the city’s Public Works Department. The Southern California port city of Long Beach, which relies on outside water for 40 percent of its drinking water, studied the possibility of building a desalination plant, which separates salt from ocean water. But it was too expensive, and the city is now focused on increasing groundwater supplies. A recent amendment to a court order deciding groundwater rights would allow Long Beach to pump more water. It’s in the very early stages of drawing up a multi-
million-dollar plan to build miles of pipelines to move the water. While maximizing groundwater is key to cutting down on distant imports, which can be fickle depending on the weather, it’s not an option for every community. Groundwater is “not available everywhere and it also depends on the quality,” said Jennifer Persike, a spokeswoman for the Association of California Water Agencies. “You have to be careful not to overpump it.” While Santa Monica bets on groundwater, it’s also investing in other
water conservation tactics, including recycling and rain harvesting. Near the touristy Santa Monica Pier, a water recycling plant treats excess irrigation and other urban runoff that is then used to water parks, school grounds and a cemetery. The city also collects rain. The main library has a 200,000-gallon underground cistern that captures raindrops to water the gardens. Last year, officials installed a smaller cistern that will fill toilets at a newly built library scheduled to open next month. Since 1997, the city code requires that new
construction and remodeled homes must catch the first quarter inch of rain. During a recent downpour in late February, Miller checked on her cistern, which she bought from a hardware store and installed by rerouting the downspout. She paid $571 for the tank, which is bolted to the side of her house for earthquake safety, and the city reimbursed her $250. As rain funneled from the roof into the beige cistern, water from neighboring houses coursed down the street like a river. Though Miller’s yard consists mostly of cactus and succulents — she’s in
the process of ripping up the last patch of grass — there are orange, lemon and kumquat trees, and a small vegetable bed of green beans, sweet peas and snap peas that need water. A full tank typically can last for months, allowing Miller to tend to her water-needy trees and vegetables on rainless days. While rainwater capture does little to affect the water table, it does reduce potable water demand. “I don’t think it’s as dramatic as buying an electric car, but if everyone in LA did it, imagine the water savings there would be,” she said.
Hog virus ‘devastating’ — piglets’ deaths cut into pork supplies Disease will likely lead to some higher prices at supermarkets By RUSSELL HUBBARD World-Herald News Service
OMAHA — Bacon and pork chop prices are set to rise as much as 25 percent this summer as a deadly virus sweeps through the hog herd, killing as many as one in 10 piglets in Nebraska, Iowa and other states. The disease is called PEDV, or porcine epidemic diarrhea virus. It was new in the United States last year, survived the winter, and is now killing tens of thousands of pigs, mostly the very young. There is no vaccine and no cure for the virus; it doesn’t affect people. “It came out of nowhere and it has been devastating,” said
Dennis Hughes, state veterinarian for the Nebraska Department of Agriculture. “It is 100 percent fatal to animals up to three weeks of age, so if it hits your hog farm, it is going to be pretty ugly.” The prospect of lower pork supplies and higher supermarket prices comes amid already elevated consumer costs for beef. Drought in some parts of the Midwest, Texas and California has led to the smallest U.S. cattle herd since 1951, shriveling the beef supply. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the average retail price for a pound of fresh beef in January was $5.04, the
highest price since record-keeping began in 1987. The high death rate for pigs has rattled hog markets. Contracts for future purchases of hogs traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange have reached records in recent weeks as rumor and fear spread about the March 28 U.S. Department of Agriculture hog census, which will show year-over year and month-over-month population statistics. It is a matter of supply and demand — fewer hogs listed in the census will mean higher prices. For now, investors are betting on fewer. March 11 prices for April hogs on the Chicago Mercantile reached a record of $1.19 a pound. Prices for the one-month forward
hog contract are up 36 percent this year, the biggest increase after coffee on the Standard & Poor’s GSCI Index of 24 commodities. “Pork supplies are tightening,” said Brett Elliott, vice president and general manager at Harlan, Iowa’s Monogram Prepared Meats, a 200-employee plant that turns pig bellies into ready-toeat bacon. “On the retail level, we expect that increased cost is going to be passed through to consumers.” Nationally, there were 4,106 cases of PEDV in 26 states as of March 1, according to the National Animal Health Laboratory Network, a cooperative effort among federal, state and university animal health authorities. There are more than 1,000 PEDV cases in Iowa, the largest hog
producer, and 48 cases in Nebraska, the eighth-biggest. Iowa’s cash receipts from hogs amounted to $6.7 billion in 2011, according to USDA statistics, with Nebraska’s at about $1 billion. A confirmed case is one in which a single pig has tested positive for the virus; one case can mean hundreds or thousands of other deaths from contagion. The pigs die of dehydration after three or four days of diarrhea. Iowa’s first PEDV case was detected more than a year ago, said Steve Meyer, an economist who works as a consultant for the Iowa Pork Producers Association. Meyer said PEDV had never before been detected in the United States and perhaps came from in-
fected feed imported from Asia. He said hot weather tends to kill the virus, so some relief might be in store come summer. “I expect the next USDA report will show litter size is down 10 percent from a year ago,” Meyer said. “And from what I am hearing from the countryside where I travel, I think losses in January were over 10 percent.” Meyer said demand for pork by consumers is constant and unaffected by small changes in price. Still, he said, a 10 percent loss in the pork herd will mean dramatically higher supermarket prices. “It will take a while to show up,” Meyer said, “but we could be looking at significantly higher prices, as much as 25 percent or more, from this disease.”
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