The Middle Republican Natural Resource District Is Developing a New Tool to Help Farmers Irrigate Efficiently The Middle Republican Natural Resource District (MRNRD) is one of Nebraska’s 23 natural resources districts (NRDs)—local, watershed-based agencies that handle...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) provides price support, disaster support, conservation, and farm loan programs to agricultural producers in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. To learn more about the agency’s current programs and its...
In the first Managers Issue since January 2020, Irrigation Leader featured 18 managers across the globe. The Nebraska Water Resources Association is proud that two of them were from Nebraska. Below are their interviews, reprinted from the April 2022 Issue of...
The Common Sense Nebraska coalition shared their disappointment with the Biden administration’s announced plan to repeal and replace former President Trump’s Navigable Water Protection Rule (NWPR). The comments were submitted as part of an official comment period...
Thanks to the new Director of the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources, Tom Riley, for kicking off this season’s Water Round Table presentations. If you would like to view the presentation, visit the 2021 Water Round Table page on the association’s...
The Nebraska Water Resources Association and the Nebraska State Irrigators Association thanks everyone who participated in the 2020 webinar series produced this year to replace the annual convention. It was unfortunate that the convention could not be held due to the...
Here is your Final Report for the 2020 Nebraska Legislature. The Final Report contains a listing of all bills we tracked for you this year, including new bills introduced as well as 2019 carryover bills. Relevant information about the content, progress and final...
Legislature Adjourns Sine Die After Passing Major Compromise Proposal on Property Tax Relief and Business Incentives After an unprecedented session that was suspended four months over COVID-19 concerns, the 106th Nebraska Legislature concluded its work for the year...
The Nebraska Water Resources Association sent a letter of opposition on LB845 to Senator Dan Hughes and Members of the Natural Resources Committee. To read it click here.
We welcomed Speaker of the Legislature, Senator Jim Scheer, to the Water Round Table this month to talk about this session’s legislative priorities. If you missed it, check out our video on the Water Round Table page here
