Agriculture Shorts

The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reports 270 acres of industrial hemp were harvested in Nebraska last year, down 4 percent from 2022 . . . There were 2.10 million hundredweight (cwt) of potatoes in storage on April 1 in Nebraska according to NASS, equal to 19 percent of 2023 production . . . The Nebraska Department of Agriculture awarded $5.19 million in grants to 76 Nebraska meat processing facilities through the Independent Processor Assistance Program. The grants are to support projects to improve Nebraska's meat processing capabilities . . . CHS Inc. has agreed to purchase eight Cargill grain elevators in five states including one in Holdrege . . . Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.54 million cattle on feed on April 1, according to NASS, This up slightly from last year.