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  • Upper Elkhorn NRD holding a modified groundwater irrigated-acre expansion sign-up in October

    Sep 25, 2024

    The Upper Elkhorn NRD will be taking applications for the expansion of new groundwater irrigated acres during the month of October for the 2025 growing season. There will be up to 150 new groundwater irrigated acres allotted for the purpose of increasing irrigation efficiency. The focus of the 2024 sign up will be the same as last year, to finish off pivots with 15 acres or less that have to reverse due to an obstruction not allowing the pivot to complete the circle. The sign up is not on a...

  • Upper Elkhorn NRD Groundwater Irrigated Acre Transfer Period Runs Nov. 1, 2023 – March 1, 2024

    Nov 23, 2023

    The Upper Elkhorn NRD will be accepting requests for the transfer of groundwater irrigated acres from Nov. 1 through March 1. There is a $50 application fee for landowners who would like to make an appointment and review a possible transfer. The Transfer Agreement, transfer procedures and support information can be found on the UENRD website at www.uenrd.org. We are encouraging anyone interested in signing up for a transfer to go through the information on the website first before making an appointment. If you have questions, please feel free...

  • Modified groundwater irrigated acre expansion applications open soon

    Sep 14, 2023

    The Upper Elkhorn Natural Resources District will be taking applications for the expansion of new groundwater irrigated acres during the month of October for the 2024 growing season. There will be up to 150 new groundwater irrigated acres allotted for the purpose of increasing irrigation efficiency. The focus of the 2023 signup will be to finish off pivots with 15 acres or less that have to reverse due to an obstruction not allowing the pivot to complete the circle. The signup is not on a...

  • Ogallala Aquifer continues to shrink in southwest Nebraska

    Yanqi Xu, Flatwater Free Press|Apr 27, 2023

    Last summer, Imperial farmer Dirk Haarberg made the hard decision to let some of his milo crop die. The heat and the wind had proven too much and Haarberg needed to save water for his other cornfields. Haarberg's water pumps also ran nonstop, he said during an interview, drawing more water than usual from the Ogallala Aquifer to feed the thirsty crops he was keeping alive. "We don't overwater, but when it was as dry as it was last summer, there's not much you can do but just water 24 hours a...

  • No nitrate police: State, local regulators can't, or won't, stop drinking water from getting worse

    Yanqi Xu, Flatwater Free Press|Nov 24, 2022

    The farmer was growing impatient. He and dozens of other central Nebraska farmers had gathered for mandatory training in Columbus a few weeks before last Christmas. In response to high nitrate levels, the Lower Loup Natural Resources District had designated a "Phase 3 area." That led to new requirements – like this training to help farmers manage their nitrogen fertilizer use. The farmer didn't like this. He told NRD leaders he had been drinking water containing nitrate at 40 parts per m...

  • Upper Elkhorn NRD to hold modified groundwater irrigated acre expansion sign-up

    Sep 8, 2022

    The Upper Elkhorn Natural Resources District will be taking applications for the expansion of new groundwater irrigated acres during October for the 2023 growing season. There will be up to 300 new acres allotted to increase irrigation efficiency. The focus of the 2022 sign-up will be to finish off pivots, with 15 acres or less that have to reverse, due to an obstacle not allowing the pivot to complete the circle. The sign-up is not on a first-come, first-served basis; but, based on a ranking...