Tyson Foods’ decision to close a beef plant that employs nearly one third of residents of Lexington, Nebraska, could devastate the small city and undermine the profits of ranchers nationwide.

The state’s largest electricity provider, Xcel Energy, is asking regulators to approve a rate increase that would raise the average residential bill by about 9 percent — roughly ten dollars a month.

Wheat Futures Decline. Cattle on Feed, Placements Drop; Milk Output Rises. Intense Winds Expected.

A Nebraska-based grain dealer with elevators in western Iowa has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

In January of 1945, as told in a Time Magazine spread titled Range Royalty, the Brown Palace Hotel was prepared and seemed to be awaiting royalty. A curious mink-draped woman asked a bellhop who they were expecting. The bellhop reportedly grinned and told her, “A $50,000 bull.”