Friday - April 4, 2025
News Tipoffs - Nebraska Editors Newsletter for Wednesday March 05, 2025 ( 2 items )  

FARMing with Data: OpenET Launches new Tool for Farmers and Ranchers
WASHINGTON, March 4 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * FARMing with Data: OpenET Launches new Tool for Farmers and Ranchers Dwane Roth (right), a fourth generation grain farmer in Finney County, Kansas, stands with nephew Zion (left) in one of their corn fields. Roth's farm became one of the first Water Technology Farms in Kansas around 2016, and he has been using OpenET data for the past few years to track evapotranspiration rates and conserve water. Photo courtesy of Dwane R  more

Sioux City Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Convictions
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, March 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: * * * Sioux City Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Convictions Traffic stop leads to seizure of multiple controlled substances packaged for redistribution Shannon Ivory, 43, from Sioux City, Iowa, was sentenced on February 27, 2025, to 125 months' imprisonment. Ivory pled guilty July 31, 2024, in federal court, to four counts of possession with intent to   more